Englishnear
adverb
1 her children all live near:
close by, close, nearby, close/near at hand, not far off/away, in the neighborhood, in the vicinity, at hand, within reach, within close range, on the doorstep, within earshot, within sight, a stone's throw away, at close quarters, alongside;
informal within spitting distance, a hop, skip, and a jump away, within sniffing distance;
archaic nigh.
▷antonyms far away.
preposition
a family-run hotel near the seafront:
close to, close by, not far (away) from, a short distance from, in the vicinity of, in the neighborhood of, within reach of, a stone's throw away from, next to, adjacent to, alongside, bordering on, adjoining, abutting, contiguous with;
informal within spitting distance of, a hop, skip, and a jump away from, within sniffing distance of.
□ as near as dammit□ near the knuckle
that made it as near as dammit a statistical impossibility:
virtually, effectively, in effect, all but, more or less, practically, almost, nearly, close to, approaching, not far from, nearing, verging on, bordering on, well nigh, nigh on, just about, as good as, essentially, in essence, in practical terms, for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes, in all but name;
roughly, approximately, not quite;
South African plus-minus;
informal pretty much, pretty nearly, pretty well.
they were quite near the knuckle, but it's all in good fun:
risqué, racy, sexy, naughty, spicy, juicy, suggestive, ribald, indelicate, indecorous, indecent, immodest, off color, dirty, rude, smutty, crude, bawdy, vulgar, salacious, coarse;
North American gamy;
informal raunchy, blue, close to the bone, near the bone;
British, informal fruity, saucy;
euphemistic adult.
adjective
1 they carried her to the nearest house:
close, nearby, not far off/away, close/near at hand, at hand, a stone's throw away, within reach, within range, accessible, handy, convenient, local, neighboring, adjacent, next-door, adjoining, bordering, abutting, contiguous, proximate;
informal within spitting distance.
▷antonyms far.
2 the final judgment is near:
imminent, forthcoming, in the offing, close/near at hand, at hand, (just) around the corner, approaching, impending, upcoming, coming, looming.
▷antonyms distant, remote.
3 a near relation of hers | our nearest and dearest:
closely related, close, related, connected.
▷antonyms distant.
5 she's too near to spend that much money:
miserlyclose-fisted, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, ungenerous, penurious, illiberal, close, grasping, Scroogelike, stinting, sparing, frugal;
British mean;
informal tightfisted, stingy, tight, mingy, money-grubbing, skinflinty;
North American, informal cheap;
British, vulgar slang tight-arsed, tight as a duck's arse;
North American, vulgar slang tight-assed.