nearest

Speech parts

1. nearest - Adjective

2. nearest - Adverb

3. nearest - Preposition

Meaning

(superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

closest nighest good next near related close soon dear handy nearly immediate closer narrow adjacent

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Antonyms

extreme icy abstracted farthest furthest beyond the black stump

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Phrases with the word

nearest place nearest possible time nearest point nearest approach nearest distance point nearest position

Anagrams

earnest eastern estrane Saetern sterane

Examples

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Aldous Huxley

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. David Hume

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. Rabindranath Tagore

That which is nearest a woman's heart is the first to come out. Irish Proverb

When the cord is tightest it is nearest snapping. Danish Proverb

Every man is nearest himself. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Nearctica neare nearer nearest and dearest nearest approach nearest cut