Oh Troy! Oh my homeland! Oh hallowed refuge! / Walls inhabited by heroes! Walls built by the gods! / Four times, as it nears entry, the odious colossus / halts; four times, the clash of arms is heard.
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Nears
//nɪɹz//
Synonyms for "nears" (375 found)
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Closest matches (75)
closenearbyadjacentapproachapproximateclose tohotnearlynighvirtuallywarmaboutabout to beabuttingaccostadjoiningadvanceadvancingall butalmost
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along towardalready in sightamongangustifoliateangustirostrateangustisellateangustiseptalanticipateapeappear likeapproachingappropinquateapproximatingapproximativearm in armarm-in-armaroundartificialas good asasideatat close quartersat handat next handattachedattractedattracted toavariciousawaitbe destinedbe fatedbe imminentbe in storebe likebe redolent ofbe to bebe to comebear down onbear down uponbear resemblancebear upbesideborderbordering onbrewbrewing
Adverb(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (113)
bring to mindburningbycall to mindcall upcheapcheek-by-jowlcircacircumscribedclose aboutclose at handclose byclose inclose uponclose withclose-byclose-fittingclosefistedcloselycome
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come closecome closercome forwardcome nearcome oncome upcomingcomparablecomparativecomparecompare withconfinedconfrontconnectedconstrictedcontiguousconvenientconvergecopycorrespondcounterclockwisecounterfeitcrampcrampedcrowdeddeardrawdraw neardraw nighdraw ondrawn toencounterequalevokeexpectfacefamiliarfastfast byfavorfollowforeseeforetellforthcomeforthcomingfromfuturegain upongathergatheringgetgogoing to happengreedyhairbreadthhandhand and glovehand-in-handhang overhardhard byhard onhardfistedhereabouthereaboutshomologoushopehoverilliberalimitateimmediateimminentimpendimpendentimpendinginin danger imminentin prospectin reservein spitting distance
Adjective(4 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Verb(5 words)
Related words (187)
in storein the cardsin the neighborhood ofin the offingin the windin viewincapaciousincommodiousinseparableinstantintimateisthmianisthmicjust aboutjust around the cornerlarboardlean towardsleftleft wingleft-hand
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left-wingleft-wingishlevorotatoryliberallie aheadlie overlikelimitedlook forlook forward tolook likeloomloominglourlowerloweringlurkingmatchmeagermeanmenacemenacingmimicmirrormiserlymuch at onemuch the samenarrownarrow gaugenarrow the gapnear at handnear sidenear the marknear tonear uponnearaboutnearaboutsnearingnearishnearly reproducenearly the sameneighboringnext door tonext toniggardlynigh aboutnighhandnighishnot farnot far fromnot quitenot tell apartonon the brinkon the horizonon the vergeoncomingonly a stepoverhangoverhangingparallelparsimoniouspartake ofpenny pinchingpenny-pinchingpenuriouspinchfistedpinchingplanplotportpredictpreparingpretty nearprojectprophesypropinqueproximalproximatequasiradicalrelatablerelatedrelativeremind one ofresemblerestrictedrivalroundsame but differentsave-allsavor ofscantscantyseemseem likeselfishside-by-sidesidlesidle up tosimilarsimulatesinistersinistralsinistrocerebralsinistrocularsinistrogyratesinistrorseslendersmack ofsound likestack upstack up withstep upstingystraitsuggesttake afterthat will bethereaboutthereaboutsthickthick as thievesthreatenthreateningtighttight-fistedtightfistedtoto cometouchtowardungenerousupcomingverge onverging onverging uponvicinalwaitingwell-nighwithwithin callwithin earshotwithin hearingwithin reachwithin sight
Adverb(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
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