NEAREST Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

nearest

adjective

as in equidistant

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as in closest

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Adjective

Getty Images Like many of the Harrow schools, the New York location is a thing of beauty, situated on a 170-acre oceanfront property in Oakdale, Long Island, equidistant from New York City and the Hamptons.

— Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
Another almost perfectly equidistant location, and yes this means three games in Iowa.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of equidistant

Adjective

The nearby Sackville River could have delivered low-carbon fresh water from the spring melt.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Brendan Nugent, from nearby Tarrawingee, was charged with intentionally causing serious injury, dangerous driving causing serious injury and causing harm to a federal official, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of nearby

Adjective

Outpost says the expensive, complex infrastructure is built once and reused across missions, with the innermost module tailored to each customer.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Researchers say Mercury’s rough, impact-scarred surface may hide ‘wrinkles’ from global contraction, offering fresh clues to the evolution of the solar system’s smallest, innermost planet.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of innermost

Adjective

Raman’s office didn’t comment on that assertion, but Stahl said that the Bureau of Street Services isn’t funded to repair damaged sidewalks, and the responsibility falls to the adjacent property owners.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
There's one accessible suite with an entry ramp, adjacent parking, and an en suite bathroom with a shower handrail.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of adjacent

Adjective

That year, Samsung released one of its first folding devices, and reviewers quickly found that its inner screen cracked during normal use.

— Kif Leswing,MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
His Yeoville Dinner Club, found on the main street of the immigrant-rich inner Johannesburg neighborhood, is now in its 10th year.

— Leah Quinn, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of inner

Adjective

When the drummer was compelled the leave the stage Thursday in Tulsa, there was some confusion during an approximate 25-minute break before the music resumed with Journey’s drum tech, Steve Toomey, taking over.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Data brokers can also collect information such as current and previous addresses, phone numbers, approximate age and possible relatives.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of approximate

Adjective

Picture Tahoe City’s middle-aged men, wide-eyed in the should-I-pee hour, shadow-climbing the same fifty-seven moves on the same granite face.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
The Panthers honored Luke Kuechly at halftime as the former middle linebacker received his Hall of Fame ring as part of a busy afternoon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of middle

Adjective

There was no reason for the actor—who at the height of her fame dated James Dean and was often typecast as the sweet-faced girl-next-door—to stoop to stepping back into Pam’s shoes.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
This cutesy girl-next-door look helped to catapult Huntington-Whiteley from Teen Vogue favourite to Burberry face, bona fide lingerie designer, beauty entrepreneur and blockbuster movie star.

— Alice Newbold, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of next-door

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