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synonyms for nearer

  • closer
  • close by
  • nearby
  • hither
On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nearer, such as: closer, close-by, nearby, and hither.

antonyms for nearer

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  • farther
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How to use nearer in a sentence

The croupier pushes the seven hundred and forty pounds of the unlucky player a foot nearer to the bank.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
Tony's stool was nearer to the bass keys of the piano, while the sofa Lettice lay upon had certainly been drawn up towards him.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
To some place much nearer, of course, and equally of course they would return.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLING
I know I strive after the unattainable, but still every year I get nearer and nearer to the goal.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
If ships sail over the sea as fast as railways run across the land; if Helles is nearer Woolwich than Calais; then he is right.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
Nay; I see fresh reasons for my hope that such concession is far nearer than is generally imagined.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
Here are a pair who are untroubled by curious glances; the nearer houses of the village are quite close by.
BASTIEN LEPAGEFR. CRASTRE
Leaving the ponies in charge of the mapus, they marched up the hill to get a nearer sight of the tree.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKE
The difference in the length of day and night decreases more and more the nearer you approach the Equator.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
"Nearer and nearer came the footsteps," read Luther, pausing at each word to make sure of it.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
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WORDS RELATED TO NEARER

  • close
  • here
  • nearer
  • toward
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.