next

Adjective

• (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
  • our next president
    

• nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
  • had adjacent rooms
    
  • in the next room
    
  • the person sitting next to me
    
  • our rooms were side by side
    

• immediately following in time or order
  • the following day
    
  • next in line
    
  • the next president
    
  • the next item on the list
    

Adverb

• at the time or occasion immediately following
  • next the doctor examined his back
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  future(a) , succeeding(a) , adjacent , side by side(p) , following