Dictionary Entry
near
near is a 4-letter English word with 23 senses as adverb, adjective, preposition, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.
- 2adverb
Nearly; almost; well-nigh.
- 3adverb
Closely; intimately.
- 4adverb
Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh.
- 5adverb
Closely connected or related.
- 6adverb
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
- 7adverb
Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
- 8adverb
So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape.
- 9adverb
Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a.
- 10adjective
Immediate; direct; close; short.
- 11adjective
Close-fisted; parsimonious.
- 12preposition
Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.
- 13adverb
To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.
- 14intransitive verb
To draw near; to approach.
- 15verb
move towards
"We were approaching our destination"
"They are drawing near"
Synonyms
- 16adjective
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
"near neighbors"
"in the near future"
- 17adjective
very close in resemblance
"sketched in an approximate likeness"
"a near likeness"
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- 18adjective
with or in a close or intimate relationship
"a good friend"
"my sisters and brothers are near and dear"
- 19adjective
giving or spending with reluctance
"our cheeseparing administration"
"very close (or near) with his money"
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- 20adjective
closely resembling the genuine article
"near beer"
"a dress of near satin"
- 21adjective
being on the left side
"the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"
"the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
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- 22adverb
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
"the job is (just) about done"
"the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"
- 23adverb
near in time or place or relationship
"as the wedding day drew near"
"stood near the door"
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