Close to

Synonyms for "close to" (37 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Adverb(3 words)

about approximately around

Noun(4 words)

adjacent almost closeness familiar

beside

Strong matches (11)

Noun(7 words)

familiarity intimacy intimate near nearby nearly nearness

fast like

Adverb(2 words)

just aboutmore or less

Related words (18)

neighbourhood nighon the brinkon the vergeready

Adverb(4 words)

nighor soroughly some

Noun(7 words)

practically proximate proximity rapport thereabout virtually warm

Preposition(1 words)

toward

Determiner(1 words)

whole organism approached

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

approximation closenessdegree modifierinterpersonal relationlocation proximityspatial relation

More specific

17 entries

adjacentalmost equalapproximately equalattachmentbosom friendclose friendconfidantemotional bondgeographic proximitynearby nearlyphysical proximitypractically proximate vicinity virtually

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

17 entries

close attentionclose examinationclose friendsclose proximityclose readingclose relationshipdegree of proximitygeographic proximitynearness tophysical proximityproximity totemporal proximitythe edgethe finish linethe librarythe limit

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Inflections

5 entries

closercloser toclosestclosest toproximities

Derivations

11 entries

close closed closely closeness closer closest closing closure proximal proximate proximately

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It lasted close to an hour.

Source: wiktionary

It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.

Source: wiktionary

The project is close to finished.

Source: wiktionary

The chair was close to the window.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.

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