next to
• in or into a position immediately to one side of; beside.
• "we sat next to each other"
Similar:
beside,
next door to,
alongside,
by/at the side of,
abreast of,
by,
adjacent to,
cheek by jowl with,
side by side with,
close to,
near,
nearest to,
neighbouring,
adjoining,
abutting,
connected to,
connecting with,
contiguous with,
attached to,
Opposite:
away from,
• following in order or importance.
• "next to buying a new wardrobe, nothing lifts the spirits like a new hairdo!"
• almost.
• "I knew next to nothing about farming"
• in comparison with.
• "next to her I felt like a fraud"