nearest

The word “nearest” has 2 syllables: near-est

It's pronounced as /ˈnɪərɪst/

What is synonym and antonym for nearest?

In the thesaurus, “nearest” has 133 synonyms and 67 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for nearest

abutting
across the street
adjacent
adjoining
affectionate
after
ahead
alongside
ambient
ante
antecedently
approaching
approximate
around the corner
at hand
attached
back-to-back
before
beforehand
beside
betwixt and between
bordering
borderline
bosom
bounding
buddy-buddy
central
cherished
chummy
circumjacent
close
closest
clubby
comfy
coming
communicating
confidential
connected
connecting
consequent
conterminous
contiguous
convenient
coterminous
cozy
dear
dearest
direct
embracing
encircling
enclosing
encompassing
ensuing
equidistant
faithful
fast
fencing
firsthand
flanking
flush
following
fond
forward
fringing
give or take a little
gray
grey
halfway
handy
hard by
immediate
imminent
impending
in advance
in spitting distance
in the ball park
in-between
inclosing
inmost
inner
innermost
interconnecting
intermediary
intermediate
joined
joining
juxtaposed
later
linked
loving
marginal
medial
median
mediate
medium
meeting
mellow
mid
middle
midmost
mix
near
near-at-hand
nearby
nearly
neighboring
next
next-door
nice
nigh
on the side
peripheral
precedently
previous
primary
proximal
proximate
recent
regular
rimming
roommate
side-by-side
skirting
snug
subsequent
succeeding
surrounding
tangent
tangential
touching
united
verging
warm

Antonyms for nearest

aft
apart
away
back
broken up
cold
cool
detached
disconnected
discontinuous
discrete
disjoined
disliking
dissevered
dissociated
distant
disunited
divided
divorced
earlier
eventually
extreme
far
far-off
faraway
farthermost
farthest
formal
free-standing
furthermost
furthest
imprecise
inaccurate
incompatible
isolate
isolated
later
loose
never
nonadjacent
noncontiguous
noncontinuous
outer
outermost
outmost
parted
peripheral
preceding
previous
public
ramified
remote
remotest
removed
resolved
separate
severed
single
split
sundered
unattached
unconnected
uncoupled
unfriendly
unlinked
unyoked
utmost

Meanings of nearest

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.
preposition
1. Closest to.

Example Sentences

She hurried to the nearest cafe to grab a cup of coffee before her morning meeting.
The hiker searched for the nearest trailhead to begin his trek through the forest.
In case of emergency, please proceed to the nearest exit and follow the evacuation route.
The doctor's office is located in the nearest building on the left side of the street.
When the power went out, they lit candles and gathered around the nearest source of light to continue their conversation.

On this page you'll find 200 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nearest, such as: abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, affectionate, aft, after.

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