What is another word for nearness?

Pronunciation: [nˈi͡ənəs] (IPA)

The word "nearness" denotes proximity or closeness to something or someone. Synonyms for this term include "closeness," which emphasizes physical proximity; "proximity," which implies being very close to something or someone; "adjacency," which stresses being adjacent to something or someone; and "vicinity," which refers to being close to or near something without necessarily being immediately adjacent to it. Additionally, the words "proximate," "nearby," "nigh," and "close" all describe a state of being near or close to something or someone. These synonyms can be used interchangeably with "nearness" to convey a sense of close proximity or spatial distance.

Synonyms for Nearness:

What are the hypernyms for Nearness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Nearness?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for nearness (as nouns)

What are the opposite words for nearness?

Nearness is the state of being physically or emotionally close to something or someone. Antonyms or opposites of nearness are distance, remoteness, and farness. Distance refers to the measure of space between two objects, whether it is near or far. Remoteness is the state of being far away from something, either physically or emotionally. Finally, farness is the quality of being distant in time or space, or in feeling or meaning. These antonyms provide a contrast to nearness and help to express different degrees of proximity or distance in various contexts.

What are the antonyms for Nearness?

Usage examples for Nearness

From this the Bishop knew without asking that the fire was now coming near, for these women would not have left their homes except in the nearness of danger.
"The Shepherd of the North"
Richard Aumerle Maher
But now Peggy brought it into alarming nearness, thereby causing him considerable agitation.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
He regarded the nearness of the well as something to do with Destiny, and resolved to get you back your property-if it was still there.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke

Famous quotes with Nearness

  • Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth.
    Charles Ives
  • For this reason, strangers are not really conceived as individuals, but as strangers of a particular type: the element of distance is no less general in regard to them than the element of nearness.
    Georg Simmel
  • Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of any one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it, is what I as stedfastly believe.
    Thomas Jefferson
  • The way you let your hand rest in mine, my bewitching Sweetheart, fills me with happiness. It is the perfection of confiding love. Everything you do, the little unconscious things in particular, charms me and increases my sense of nearness to you, identification with you, till my heart is full to overflowing.
    Woodrow Wilson
  • Early Saturday morning I climbed the hills facing Kfar Gil'adi. Wonderful scenery. And in the brilliance of the beautiful morning I understood why Moses received the Torah on a mountain top. Only in the mountains is it possible to receive orders from above, when one sees how small is man yet feels secure in the nearness of God. From there one's horizons broaden in every respect, and the order of things becomes more understandable. In the mountains one can believe - and must believe. In the mountains one involuntarily hears the query: "Whom shall I send?" And the answer, "Send me to serve the beautiful and good!" Will I succeed? Will I be able ot fulfil God's command?
    Hannah Szenes

Related words: closeness, nearness, vicinity, nearness of, proximity, nearby

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