Definition: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
Usage: near neighbors; in the near future; they are near equals; his nearest approach to success; a very near thing; a near hit by the bomb; she was near tears; she was close to tears; had a close call
Similar words: adjacent
Definition: near or close to but not necessarily touching
Usage: lands adjacent to the mountains; New York and adjacent cities
Similar words: nearby
Definition: close at hand
Usage: the nearby towns; concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus
Similar words: warm
Definition: of a seeker; near to the object sought
Usage: you're getting warm; hot on the trail
Similar words: hot
Definition: of a seeker; very near to the object sought
Usage: you are hot
Definition: being on the left side
Usage: the near or nigh horse is the one on the left; the animal's left side is its near or nigh side
Similar words: left
Definition: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
Usage: my left hand; left center field; the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream