The zombie apocalypse is nigh!
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Nigh
//naɪ//
Synonyms for "nigh" (124 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (62)
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nighishnot farnot far fromnot quiteon the brinkon the vergeonly a stepportpracticallypretty nearpropinqueproximalproximateradicalroundside-by-sidesinistersinistralsinistrocerebralsinistrocularsinistrogyratesinistrorsethereaboutthereaboutsverging onverging uponvicinalvirtuallywarmwell-nighwithin callwithin earshotwithin hearingwithin reach
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
related to
9 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 28 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ngjitur adj (near, close by)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄγχι adv (almost; nearly)
Arabic
3 entries- قَرِيب adj (near, close by)
- بُالْقُرب مِن prep (near, close to)
- قريب من prep (near, close to)
Bulgarian
4 entries- близък adj (near, close by)
- почти adv (almost; nearly)
- наблизо prep (near, close to)
- доближавам се verb (to approach)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 接近 verb (to approach)
- 靠近 verb (to approach)
Czech
4 entries- blízký adj (near, close by)
- skoro adv (almost; nearly)
- téměř adv (almost; nearly)
- při prep (near, close to)
Dutch
3 entries- dichtbij adj (near, close by)
- nabij adj (near, close by)
- naderbij adj (near, close by)
Finnish
4 entries- likeinen adj (near, close by)
- läheinen adj (near, close by)
- lähes adv (almost; nearly)
- melkein adv (almost; nearly)
French
3 entries- proche adj (near, close by)
- près adj (near, close by)
- s'approcher verb (to approach)
Galician
2 entries- preto adj (near, close by)
- próximo adj (near, close by)
German
4 entries- nah bei adj (near, close by)
- nahe adj (near, close by)
- beinahe adv (almost; nearly)
- nahezu adv (almost; nearly)
Gheg Albanian
1 entries- nit adj (near, close by)
Greek
1 entries- κοντά adj (near, close by)
Hungarian
4 entries- közel adj (near, close by)
- eljön verb (to approach)
- eljő verb (to approach)
- közeleg verb (to approach)
Irish
3 entries- i bhfogas adv (almost; nearly)
- i gcóngar adv (almost; nearly)
- in aice adv (almost; nearly)
Japanese
1 entries- 近い adj (near, close by)
Lithuanian
2 entries- arti adj (near, close by)
- šalia adj (near, close by)
Occitan
1 entries- prèp adj (near, close by)
Old English
1 entries- fornēah adv (almost; nearly)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یاقین adj (near, close by)
Persian
4 entries- نزدیک adj (near, close by)
- نزدیک adv (almost; nearly)
- نزدیک prep (near, close to)
- نزدیک شدن verb (to approach)
Polish
4 entries- bliski adj (near, close by)
- rychły adj (near, close by)
- blisko adv (almost; nearly)
- niebawem adv (almost; nearly)
Portuguese
2 entries- perto adj (near, close by)
- próximo adj (near, close by)
Russian
4 entries- бли́жний adj (near, close by)
- бли́зкий adj (near, close by)
- почти́ adv (almost; nearly)
- приблизи́тельно adv (almost; nearly)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- blízu adj (near, close by)
- u blizini adj (near, close by)
- u blizini adj (near, close by)
- бли́зу adj (near, close by)
Spanish
3 entries- cabe adj (near, close by)
- cerca adj (near, close by)
- cercano adv (almost; nearly)
Swedish
4 entries- när adj (near, close by)
- nära adj (near, close by)
- närpå adv (almost; nearly)
- nästan adv (almost; nearly)
Turkish
3 entries- yakın adj (near, close by)
- neredeyse adv (almost; nearly)
- yaklaşmak verb (to approach)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
The end is nigh.
Source: tatoeba (896014)
Nowadays it is nigh on impossible to find a girl who does not wear a tattoo.
Source: tatoeba (1252984)
Night draws nigh.
Source: tatoeba (2333678)
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