nearness
State of closeness
Nearness is the quality of being close in space, time, or relationship.
Physical nearness means small distance: The nearness of the hospital was reassuring.
Emotional nearness suggests intimacy or connection: a feeling of nearness to her grandmother.
Nearness can also describe how close something came to happening: the nearness of disaster.
Nearness in space
- adjacencyState of being beside
- vicinityNearby surrounding area
- contiguityState of touching directly
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
neighboring · adjoining · abutment · bordering · touching · tangent · flanking · skirting
Emotional closeness between people
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- bondBinding tie or connection
- connectionA joining or relation
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
kinship · attachment · affinity · warmth · fondness · companionship · togetherness · understanding
State of approaching quickly
- approachingComing toward something
- impendingSoon to occur
- loomingAppearing threateningly close
- forthcomingSoon to appear
upcoming · soon · at hand · around the corner · on the horizon · pending · closing in · countdown
Short of completely
- virtuallyNearly but not quite
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- aboutConcerning or approximately
- approachingComing toward something
bordering on · verging · close to · not quite · approximate · resemblance · similarity · likeness
proximity
Nearness in space
- adjacencyState of being beside
- vicinityNearby surrounding area
- contiguityState of touching directly
juxtaposition · neighboring · adjoining · abutment · bordering · touching · tangent · flanking · skirting · conterminous
intimacy
Emotional closeness between people
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- bondBinding tie or connection
- connectionA joining or relation
rapport · kinship · attachment · affinity · warmth · fondness · companionship · togetherness · understanding · empathy
imminence
State of approaching quickly
- approachingComing toward something
- impendingSoon to occur
- loomingAppearing threateningly close
forthcoming · upcoming · soon · at hand · around the corner · on the horizon · pending · closing in · countdown
almost
Short of completely
approaching · bordering on · verging · close to · not quite · approximate · resemblance · similarity · likeness · ballpark
- proximity wordsvicinity, adjacency, contiguity, bordering, neighboring
- measurementsheight, stature, meters, depth, pound
- proximityclose, proximity, close to, adjacent, next to
- presenceattendance, appearance, being, existence, arrival
- personal spacepersonal bubble, social distance, buffer zone, comfort zone, proximity
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
nearnessdistance
Space between two points
farness · remoteness · distantness · separation · distant future
nearnessdistance
Space between two points
remoteness · aloofness · coldness · coolness · reserve
nearnessdifference
Way things contrast
dissimilarity · divergence · unlikeness · disparity · distance
near, nearly, nearby, nearing, closeness, nearest, nearer, neared