nearness

Roget category 197

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
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#197. Nearness

noun

nearness etc. adj. — proximity, propinquity — vicinity, vicinage — neighborhood, adjacency — contiguity etc. 199.
short distance, short step, short cut — earshot, close quarters, stone's throw — bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot — hair's breadth, span.
purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, environs, alentours [Fr.], suburbs, confines, banlieue^†, borderland — whereabouts.
bystander — neighbor, borderer^†.
approach etc. 286 — convergence etc. 290 — perihelion.

verb

be near etc. adj. — adjoin, hang about, trench on — border upon, verge upon — stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to, clasp, hug — huddle — hang upon the skirts of, hover over — burn.
touch etc. 199 — bring near, draw near etc. 286 — converge etc. 290 — crowd etc. 72 — place side by side etc. adv..

adjective

near, nigh — close at hand, near at hand — close, neighboring — bordering upon, contiguous, adjacent, adjoining — proximate, proximal — at hand, handy — near the mark, near run — home, intimate.

adverb

near, nigh — hard by, fast by — close to, close upon — hard upon — at the point of — next door to — within reach, within call, within hearing, within earshot — within an ace of — but a step, not far from, at no great distance — on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of — in the environs etc. n. — at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side — on the tip of one's tongue — under one's nose — within a stone's throw etc. n. — in sight of, in presence of — at close quarters — cheek by jole^†, cheek by jowl — beside, alongside, side by side, tete-a-tete — in juxtaposition etc. (touching) 199 — yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of — on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to — in the way.
about — hereabouts, thereabouts — roughly, in round numbers — approximately, approximatively^† — as good as, well-nigh.

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