proximity

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

closeness nearness propinquity adjacency contact touch immediacy nearby vicinity contiguity law of proximity association area around near
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Antonyms

size space distance length absence departure
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Hypernyms

neighborhood locality closeness nearness vicinity neighbourhood

Hyponyms

front presence

Related terms

approximation approximate proximate approximator

Phrases with the word

physical proximity in close proximity location in close proximity areas in close proximity place in close proximity place in proximity

Examples

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. Edna St. Vincent Millay

I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems. Ben Nicholson

Bad luck is usually transmitted by close proximity to habitual sufferers. Irvine Welsh

Proximity bred familiarity, and familiarity bred comfort. Nicholas Sparks

There is room enough indoors in New York City for the whole 1963 world's population to enter, with room enough inside for all hands to dance the twist in average nightclub proximity. Buckminster Fuller

Anyone wishing to communicate with Americans should do so by e-mail, which has been specially invented for the purpose, involving neither physical proximity nor speech. Auberon Waugh

Close letter words and terms

proximious proximitized proximitous proximity effect proximity fuse proximity fuze