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closest

ADJECTIVE

Synonyms

STRONGEST

later

WEAK

abutting adjacent adjoining after alongside attached back-to-back beside close coming consequent coterminous ensuing following hard by meeting nearest neighboring on the side proximate side-by-side subsequent succeeding touching

Antonyms

WEAK

earlier preceding previous

ADVERB

nearby

Synonyms

STRONGEST

near

WEAK

about at close quarters close close at hand hard near-at-hand nigh not far away

Antonyms

WEAK

far faraway

Example Sentences

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This is the closest I can come to describing the exact experience of watching “Blue Film,” the outstanding, controversial new indie film from writer-director Elliot Tuttle.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Carney met more than 20 of his cousins including Pat Carney and Maureen O'Malley, first cousins of his father and two of the prime minister's closest Irish relatives.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Siphoniulida, meanwhile, was finally placed alongside its closest evolutionary relatives.

From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026

Brownsville, Texas, is the closest city to SpaceX’s Starbase.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

But he was the oldest of Clare’s fungi, and also, incidentally, the closest thing he had to a friend.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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