nearness

The word “nearness” has 2 syllables: near-ness

It's pronounced as /ˈnɪərnəs/


What is synonym and antonym for nearness?

In the thesaurus, “nearness” has 48 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for nearness

  • abutment
  • adjacency
  • affability
  • affection
  • affinity
  • amity
  • approach
  • approximation
  • attachment
  • belonging
  • chumminess
  • cliquishness
  • closeness
  • clubbiness
  • commitment
  • constancy
  • contiguity
  • conviviality
  • cordiality
  • dearness
  • devotedness
  • devotion
  • faithfulness
  • familiarity
  • fellowship
  • fidelity
  • fondness
  • friendship
  • geniality
  • goodwill
  • immediacy
  • imminence
  • inseparability
  • intimacy
  • juxtaposition
  • kinship
  • likeness
  • loom
  • love
  • mutuality
  • neighborhood
  • passion
  • propinquity
  • proximity
  • resemblance
  • similarity
  • vicinage
  • vicinity

Antonyms for nearness

  • aloofness
  • coldness
  • coolness
  • difference
  • dissimilarity
  • distance
  • enmity
  • hate
  • hatred
  • remoteness
  • reserve
  • unlikeness

Meanings of nearness

  • noun
    1. The state of being near; closeness; intimacy.
    2. Stinginess.

Example Sentences

  • The nearness of the deadline is making everyone work extra hard.
  • They were comforted by the nearness of their friends and family during difficult times.
  • The nearness of the beach was a major factor in choosing their vacation rental.
  • She felt a sense of security in the nearness of her loyal dog.
  • The nearness of the storm made them decide to take shelter immediately.

On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nearness, such as: abutment, adjacency, affability, affection, affinity, aloofness, amity.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

imminence

abutment

  • adjacency
  • arch end
  • articulation
  • attachment
  • bridge end
  • closeness
  • concourse
  • confluence
  • connection
  • contiguity
  • coupling
  • end piece
  • immediacy
  • interconnection
  • intersection
  • join
  • joining
  • joint
  • jointure
  • junction
  • juncture
  • jutting piece
  • juxtaposition
  • link
  • meeting
  • nearness
  • nexus
  • propinquity
  • proximity
  • seam
  • support
  • suture
  • tie
  • union
  • vault end
  • vicinity

neighborliness

  • affability
  • affinity
  • agreeability
  • agreeableness
  • altruism
  • amenity
  • amiability
  • amiableness
  • amicableness
  • amity
  • benevolence
  • bonhomie
  • brotherhood
  • camaraderie
  • charity
  • civility
  • closeness
  • collegiality
  • comity
  • communion
  • community
  • companionship
  • company
  • comradery
  • comradeship
  • concord
  • congeniality
  • congenialness
  • conviviality
  • cordiality
  • cordialness
  • empathy
  • familiarity
  • fellowship
  • folksiness
  • friendliness
  • friendship
  • generosity
  • geniality
  • genialness
  • good vibrations
  • good-fellowship
  • goodwill
  • harmony
  • hitting it off
  • kindliness
  • kindness
  • nearness
  • open arms
  • philanthropy
  • pleasantness
  • rapport
  • rapprochement
  • same wavelength
  • selflessness
  • simpatico
  • sociability
  • sociableness
  • sympathy
  • togetherness
  • tolerance
  • unselfishness
  • warmth

familiarity

  • acquaintance
  • acquaintanceship
  • affability
  • affection
  • affinity
  • amity
  • association
  • attachment
  • awareness
  • belonging
  • blunder
  • boldness
  • boner
  • chumminess
  • cliquishness
  • closeness
  • clubbiness
  • cognition
  • cognizance
  • commitment
  • comprehension
  • conception
  • constancy
  • conviviality
  • cordiality
  • devotedness
  • devotion
  • discourtesy
  • ease
  • education
  • enlightenment
  • error
  • experience
  • exposure
  • faithfulness
  • faux pas
  • feel
  • fellowship
  • fidelity
  • flub
  • fondness
  • forwardness
  • foul-up
  • freedom
  • freshness
  • friendship
  • fumble
  • gaff
  • gaffe
  • geniality
  • goodwill
  • goof
  • grasp
  • grounding
  • howler
  • immediacy
  • impropriety
  • incivility
  • indiscretion
  • informality
  • information
  • initiation
  • inkling
  • inseparability
  • instruction
  • intimacy
  • introduction
  • involvement
  • kinship
  • knowledge
  • lapse
  • learning
  • liberty
  • love
  • misapprehension
  • miscalculation
  • misconception
  • miscue
  • misjudgment
  • misstatement
  • misstep
  • mistake
  • misunderstanding
  • muff
  • mutuality
  • naturalness
  • nearness
  • notion
  • offence
  • offense
  • openness
  • oversight
  • passion
  • presumption
  • schooling
  • sense
  • slip
  • slipup
  • sociability
  • solecism
  • stumble
  • training
  • unceremoniousness
  • understanding

camaraderie

  • affection
  • affinity
  • amity
  • benevolence
  • brotherhood
  • charity
  • cheer
  • chumminess
  • civility
  • comity
  • community
  • companionability
  • companionship
  • company
  • compassion
  • comradery
  • comradeship
  • concord
  • conviviality
  • cordiality
  • devotion
  • empathy
  • esprit de corps
  • familiarity
  • fellowship
  • fondness
  • friendliness
  • friendship
  • generosity
  • goodwill
  • gregariousness
  • harmony
  • inseparability
  • intimacy
  • jollity
  • kindliness
  • love
  • nearness
  • rapport
  • sociability
  • society
  • sympathy
  • togetherness

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