Exact Match:
- nearest
- (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance; "that was the time he came nearest to death"
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Related Words:
- adjacent
collapse - near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"
- 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" related words >
- abutting,
- adjoining,
- attached,
- bordering,
- close-by,
- closest,
- connected,
- connecting,
- consecutive,
- conterminous,
- contiguous,
- coterminous,
- end to end,
- endways,
- endwise,
- face to face,
- handy,
- immediate,
- joined,
- juxtaposed,
- juxtapositional,
- juxtapositive,
- linked,
- nearby,
- nearest,
- neighbor,
- neighboring,
- next,
- successive,
- touching
- next
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- at the time or occasion immediately following; "next the doctor examined his back" related words >
- adjacent,
- adjoining,
- after,
- after all,
- after that,
- afterward,
- afterwards,
- appendant,
- behind,
- below,
- bordering,
- by,
- closest,
- coming,
- connecting,
- consequent,
- conterminous,
- contiguous,
- coterminous,
- end to end,
- endways,
- endwise,
- ensuing,
- ex post facto,
- face to face,
- following,
- immediate,
- in the aftermath,
- in the sequel,
- joined,
- juxtaposed,
- juxtapositional,
- juxtapositive,
- later,
- nearest,
- nearmost,
- neighbor,
- neighboring,
- nighest,
- posterior,
- postpositional,
- postpositive,
- proximate,
- sequacious,
- sequent,
- sequential,
- since,
- subsequent,
- subsequent to,
- subsequently,
- succeeding,
- successive,
- suffixed,
- then,
- thereafter,
- thereon,
- thereupon,
- therewith
- immediate
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- having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence"
- performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
- immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect; "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"
- of the present time and place; "the immediate revisions" related words >
- about to be,
- abrupt,
- accessible,
- actual,
- adjacent,
- adjoining,
- alert,
- already in sight,
- approaching,
- apt,
- articulated,
- as is,
- at hand,
- attendant,
- automatic,
- available,
- being,
- bordering,
- brewing,
- catenated,
- ceaseless,
- close,
- close at hand,
- closest,
- coming,
- concatenated,
- connected,
- connecting,
- constant,
- contemporaneous,
- contemporary,
- conterminous,
- contiguous,
- continual,
- continued,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- coterminous,
- current,
- cursory,
- cyclical,
- decisive,
- direct,
- end to end,
- endless,
- endways,
- endwise,
- existent,
- existing,
- expeditious,
- extant,
- face to face,
- featureless,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- firsthand,
- flying,
- forthcoming,
- fresh,
- furious,
- future,
- gapless,
- gathering,
- going to happen,
- hair-trigger,
- hasty,
- hurried,
- immanent,
- imminent,
- impendent,
- impending,
- in danger imminent,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the offing,
- in the wind,
- in view,
- incessant,
- indwelling,
- inherent,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- instinctive,
- interminable,
- irreversible,
- joined,
- jointless,
- juxtaposed,
- juxtapositional,
- juxtapositive,
- last-minute,
- latest,
- lightning-like,
- linked,
- looming,
- lowering,
- lurking,
- menacing,
- modern,
- momentaneous,
- momentary,
- monotonous,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearby,
- nearest,
- nearing,
- nearmost,
- neighbor,
- neighboring,
- never-ending,
- new,
- next,
- nigh,
- nighest,
- nonstop,
- on board,
- on deck,
- on hand,
- on the horizon,
- on the spot,
- one-way,
- overhanging,
- passing,
- perennial,
- periodic,
- preparing,
- present,
- present-age,
- present-day,
- present-time,
- pressing,
- presto,
- primary,
- prompt,
- proximate,
- punctual,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- ready,
- recurrent,
- reflex,
- repetitive,
- round-the-clock,
- running,
- seamless,
- serried,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- smooth,
- snap,
- speedy,
- spontaneous,
- stable,
- steady,
- straight,
- straightaway,
- straightforward,
- straightway,
- sudden,
- summary,
- superficial,
- swift,
- that be,
- that is,
- that will be,
- threatening,
- to come,
- topical,
- twenty-four-hour,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- undeviating,
- undifferentiated,
- unending,
- unhesitating,
- unidirectional,
- uniform,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unrelieved,
- unremitting,
- unstopped,
- unswerving,
- unthinking,
- up-to-date,
- up-to-the-minute,
- upcoming,
- urgent,
- waiting,
- within call,
- within reach,
- within sight
- intimate
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- marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington
- thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read
- involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"
- give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" related words >
- absolute,
- acquaintance,
- acquainted with,
- adumbrate,
- advocate,
- affectionate,
- allegorize,
- allied,
- allude to,
- alter ego,
- amigo,
- anonymous,
- approaching,
- approximate,
- approximating,
- arm-in-arm,
- assembled,
- associate,
- associated,
- assume,
- at home in,
- at home with,
- attest,
- backer,
- banded together,
- bespeak,
- best friend,
- betoken,
- bosom,
- bosom friend,
- bound,
- bracketed,
- bring to mind,
- brother,
- buddy,
- buddy-buddy,
- burning,
- carnal,
- casual acquaintance,
- caution,
- central,
- certain,
- chatty,
- cheek-by-jowl,
- cheerful,
- cherished,
- chum,
- chummy,
- close,
- close acquaintance,
- close friend,
- closet,
- colleague,
- collected,
- comfortable,
- comfy,
- communicate,
- companion,
- comrade,
- concrete,
- confidant,
- confidante,
- confident,
- confidential,
- confrere,
- conjoined,
- connected,
- connote,
- conversant with,
- copulate,
- cosy,
- coupled,
- cozy,
- crony,
- dear,
- deep,
- deep-seated,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- devoted,
- different,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- drop a hint,
- elemental,
- entail,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- essential,
- exceptional,
- exhaustive,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- familiar,
- familiar with,
- favorer,
- fellow,
- fellow creature,
- fellowman,
- fixed,
- fond,
- friend,
- friendly,
- gathered,
- give a hint,
- give the cue,
- glance at,
- hand and glove,
- hand-in-glove,
- hand-in-hand,
- hidden,
- hint,
- hint at,
- homelike,
- homely,
- homey,
- homish,
- hot,
- implicate,
- imply,
- import,
- inborn,
- inbred,
- incognito,
- incorporated,
- indicate,
- individual,
- indoor,
- indwelling,
- infer,
- informal,
- informed in,
- ingrained,
- inmost,
- innate,
- inner,
- innermost,
- inseparable,
- inseparable friend,
- inside,
- insinuate,
- integrated,
- interior,
- internal,
- intestine,
- intimate with,
- intrinsic,
- involve,
- inward,
- isolated,
- joined,
- knotted,
- leagued,
- linked,
- lover,
- loving,
- make known,
- master of,
- matched,
- mate,
- mated,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- merged,
- minute,
- mucker,
- near,
- near the mark,
- nearest,
- nearing,
- nearish,
- neighbor,
- next,
- nigh,
- nighish,
- noteworthy,
- other self,
- paired,
- pal,
- pally,
- palsy-walsy,
- particular,
- partisan,
- peaceful,
- penetrating,
- personal,
- pickup,
- plain,
- point indirectly to,
- precise,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- private,
- privy,
- proficient in,
- profound,
- prompt,
- propinque,
- proximal,
- proximate,
- refer to,
- repository,
- respective,
- retired,
- secluded,
- secret,
- sequestered,
- several,
- sexual,
- side-by-side,
- sidekick,
- simple,
- singular,
- snug,
- solipsistic,
- special,
- specific,
- spliced,
- strong in,
- suggest,
- supporter,
- suppose,
- sympathizer,
- take for granted,
- tete-a-tete,
- thick,
- thick as thieves,
- thorough,
- tied,
- tip off,
- undivided,
- united,
- unpretending,
- unseparated,
- up on,
- versed in,
- vicinal,
- warm,
- warn,
- wedded,
- well-read in,
- well-wisher,
- withdrawn,
- yoked
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