near

The word “near” has 1 syllable: near

It's pronounced as /nɪər/

What is synonym and antonym for near?

In the thesaurus, “near” has 226 synonyms and 111 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for near along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for near

about
abreast
abutting
accessible
accessibly
accurate
across
adjacent
adjoin
adjoining
adoring
advance
affable
affecting
affectionate
after a fashion
akin
alike
all but
allied
almost
along
along toward
alongside
amicable
analogous
appreciably
approach
approaching
approximal
approximate
approximately
around
arrive
as good as
at
at close quarters
at hand
attached
attain
available
belly up
beside
boon
border
bordering
borderline
bosom
buddy-buddy
burning
by
by and large
chiefly
chummy
circa
clannish
close
close in
close shave
close-at-hand
close-by
close-in
close-knit
close-up
closely
closer
come
come up
comfortable
coming
companionable
comparable
comparative
compelling
confidential
connected
conterminous
contiguous
convenient
conveniently
convincing
convivial
cordial
cozy
creep up
dear
devoted
draw on
drop in
easy
enter
equal
equivalent
especial
expected
expressive
fair
fairly
faithful
familiar
feckly
fond
fore
forthcoming
forward
friendly
front
gain
generally
genial
gracious
graphic
graphical
gregarious
gritty
hand-to-hand
handily
handy
hard
hearty
hereabout
hereabouts
hereaway
hereaways
hit
hither
immediate
imminent
impending
in
in close proximity
in the offing
inseparable
inside
intimate
inward
just about
kind of
land
largely
lifelike
like
living
looming
loosely
loving
mainly
make
matching
more or less
most
mostly
much
natural
naturalist
naturalistic
near-at-hand
nearby
nearly
neighboring
neighborly
next
next door
next door to
next to
next-door
nigh
nigher
nominally
not remote
oncoming
partially
partly
photo-realistic
plus or minus
practically
pretty much
proximal
proximate
reach
ready
realistic
related
relative
resembling
roughly
say
secretive
show up
side-by-side
similar
sneak up
snug
sociable
social
some
somewhat
somewhere
somewhere about
somewhere around
tender
tenderhearted
thereabout
thereabouts
thick
this
three-dimensional
tight
tight-knit
to hand
touch
touching
toward
towards
true
turn up
upcoming
verge
verisimilar
vincinal
virtually
vivid
warm
well-nigh
within an inch of
within call

Antonyms for near

absolute
absolutely
aloof
altogether
antisocial
away
back
barely
clear out
cold
complete
completely
contrasted
contrasting
cool
deep
deferred
depart
detached
different
disconnected
disparate
dissimilar
distant
distantly
divorced
downright
due
entirely
even
exactly
exit
expired
fake
far
far-off
faraway
farther
frosty
fully
further
genuine
go
gone
hardly
incomparable
just
later
leave
light out
mock
nonnatural
nonrealistic
off
opposite
other
out-and-out
outright
outside
past
perfect
phoney
phony
plain
plumb
postponed
precisely
pull out
pure
quit
quite
real
recede
remote
remotely
remoter
remove
removed
reserved
retire
retreat
run away
scarcely
separate
separated
sham
sharp
smack-dab
squarely
standoffish
take off
that
thoroughly
totally
true
unalike
unfamiliar
unfriendly
unlike
unmatched
unnatural
unqualified
unrealistic
unrelated
unsociable
utterly
walk out
well
wholly
withdraw
withdrawn

Meanings of near

noun
1. The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
verb
1. To come closer to; to approach.
adjective
1. Physically close.
2. Close in time.
3. Closely connected or related.
4. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
5. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
6. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
7. Approximate, almost.
8. (in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
9. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; on the left of an animal or a team.
10. Immediate; direct; close; short.
11. Stingy; parsimonious.
adverb
1. At or towards a position close in space or time.
2. Nearly; almost.
preposition
1. Physically close to, in close proximity to.
2. Close to in time.
3. Close to in nature or degree.

Example Sentences

She parked her car near the entrance to the mall.
The restaurant is located near the city center.
We could hear the sound of waves crashing on the shore from our hotel room near the beach.
The hiker found shelter in a cave near the mountain peak.
I live near the train station, so commuting to work is convenient.

On this page you'll find 337 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to near, such as: about, abreast, absolute, absolutely, abutting, accessible, accessibly.

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