Nearness

Synonyms for "nearness" (148 found)

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Strong matches (44)

avarice bond cheapness chumminess closefistedness closeness combination comingcoming nearcoming towardcommunity comparability comparison confinement confines conformity connectedness connection contact contiguity

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contrariety copying correspondence crowdedness dealings deduction disjunction environs familiarity filiationflowing towardforeground forthcoming hair hairbreadth hairsbreadth hardfistedness hoarding homology identity

Noun(3 words)

close toclosenesses familiarity

Adjective(1 words)

icelandic nálægt

Related words (74)

illiberality imitation imminence incapaciousness incommodiousness inseparableness intercourse intimacyintimate acquaintancejunction liaison likeness likening limitation link linkage linking mateyness metaphor mimicking

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miserlinessmutual attractionnarrow gaugenarrowness nearing neighborhood oncoming order palliness parallelism paritypenny pinchingpenny-pinching precinct presence propinquity proximation proximity purlieus rapport relatedness relation relations relationship resemblance restrictedness restriction sameness semblance similarity simile similitude simulation slendernessspecial affinitystinginess straitness strictness sympathy tietie intie-intight purse stringstight squeezetightfistedness tightness ungenerosity union

Noun(6 words)

immediacy imminence intimacy localitymore presentvicinity

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

distancesocial relationspatial relationtime relation

More specific

6 entries

adjacency friendship imminence kinship urgency vicinity

Collocations

6 entries

emotional nearnessnearness ofnearness tophysical nearnesssense of nearnesssocial nearness

Inflections

1 entries

nearnesses

Antonyms

1 entries

farness

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When approaching the hot springs, we became aware of their nearness by the sulphurous smell that came wafting towards us.

Source: tatoeba (11710534)

All round us the sea birds flitted, scolding us for our nearness to their nests among the hills and on the edge of the moor, and they were very tame, as if unused to the sight of man.

Source: tatoeba (12426899)

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