Synonyms: come near, come on, go up, near, draw close, draw near, approach
Definition: move towards
Usage: We were approaching our destination; They are drawing near; The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Definition: move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
Usage: He came singing down the road; Come with me to the Casbah; come down here!; come out of the closet!; come into the room
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
Synonyms: approximate, near
Definition: very close in resemblance
Usage: sketched in an approximate likeness; a near likeness
Similar words: close
Definition: close in relevance or relationship
Usage: a close family; we are all...in close sympathy with...; close kin; a close resemblance
Definition: with or in a close or intimate relationship
Usage: a good friend; my sisters and brothers are near and dear
Similar words: close
Definition: close in relevance or relationship
Usage: a close family; we are all...in close sympathy with...; close kin; a close resemblance
Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny
Definition: giving or spending with reluctance
Usage: our cheeseparing administration; very close (or near) with his money; a penny-pinching miserly old man
Similar words: ungenerous, stingy
Definition: unwilling to spend
Usage: she practices economy without being stingy; an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
Synonyms: near
Definition: closely resembling the genuine article
Usage: near beer; a dress of near satin
Similar words: unreal, artificial
Definition: contrived by art rather than nature
Usage: artificial flowers; artificial flavoring; an artificial diamond; artificial fibers; artificial sweeteners
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