'Nearness' definitions:
Definition of 'nearness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action" [syn: nearness, closeness] [ant: farawayness, farness, remoteness]
Definition of 'Nearness'
From: GCIDE
- Nearness \Near"ness\, n. The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nearness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- accession,
- accord,
- accordance,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- advance,
- advent,
- affairs,
- affiliation,
- affinity,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- alliance,
- analogy,
- aping,
- approach,
- approaching,
- appropinquation,
- approximation,
- appulse,
- assemblage,
- assimilation,
- association,
- avarice,
- bond,
- cheapness,
- chumminess,
- closefistedness,
- closeness,
- combination,
- coming,
- coming near,
- coming toward,
- community,
- comparability,
- comparison,
- confinement,
- conformity,
- connectedness,
- connection,
- contiguity,
- contrariety,
- copying,
- correspondence,
- crowdedness,
- dealings,
- deduction,
- disjunction,
- familiarity,
- filiation,
- flowing toward,
- forthcoming,
- hair,
- hairbreadth,
- hairsbreadth,
- hardfistedness,
- hoarding,
- homology,
- identity,
- illiberality,
- imitation,
- imminence,
- incapaciousness,
- incommodiousness,
- inseparableness,
- intercourse,
- intimacy,
- intimate acquaintance,
- junction,
- liaison,
- likeness,
- likening,
- limitation,
- link,
- linkage,
- linking,
- mateyness,
- metaphor,
- mimicking,
- miserliness,
- mutual attraction,
- narrow gauge,
- narrowness,
- nearing,
- oncoming,
- palliness,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- penny-pinching,
- propinquity,
- proximation,
- proximity,
- rapport,
- relatedness,
- relation,
- relations,
- relationship,
- resemblance,
- restrictedness,
- restriction,
- sameness,
- semblance,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulation,
- slenderness,
- special affinity,
- stinginess,
- straitness,
- strictness,
- sympathy,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- tight purse strings,
- tight squeeze,
- tightfistedness,
- tightness,
- ungenerosity,
- union