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approach, meet, go up, come on, come near, draw near

v. move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

nigh

adv. near in time, place, or relationship; "The end draws nigh"

close, close up, at close range

adv. at close range

about, around, nearby, in the vicinity

adv. "She is always about"

close

adj. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"

proximate

adj. very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"

nigh

adj. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"

good, dear

adj. with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear"

draw in, close in, advance on, converge on

v. advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

approximate, come close

v. be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"

get, come, arrive

v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

recognize, greet

v. express greetings upon meeting someone

draw together, converge, move together

v. move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"

zoom, move noisily

v. move with a low humming noise

catch, be affected by, be struck by

v. be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood"

pass, overtake, travel past

v. travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"

about, around, some, approximately, roughly, more or less, or so

adv. "I have roughly $3,000"

nigh, nearly, virtually, almost, well-nigh, just about

adv. "He nearly fainted"; "the already nigh obliterated records"; "Virtually all the parties signed the contract"

next, adjacent, juxtaposed, cheek by jowl, side by side

adj. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

enveloping, ambient, encompassing, surrounding

adj. closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides

appressed, adpressed

adj. pressed close to or lying flat against something; "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson

approximate, close together

adj. located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"

at hand, imminent

adj. close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

at hand, close-by, close by, close at hand

adj. close in space; within reach; "the town is close at hand"

close-hauled

adj. having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible

close-set

adj. set close together: "close-set eyes"; "close-set teeth"

closer

adj. comparative of "close"; indicating that one of two that is the shorter distance away

closest

adj. superlative of "close"; indicating that one of several that is the shortest distance away

contiguous, immediate

adj. very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"

hand-to-hand, at close quarters

adj. being at close quarters; "hand-to-hand fighting"

walk-to

adj. close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory"

left-hand

adj. located on or directed toward the left; "a car with left-hand drive"

approximate

adj. very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"

boon, convivial

adj. very close and convivial; "boon companions"

thick, chummy

adj. (used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"

close-knit, closely-knit

adj. held together as by social or cultural ties; "a close-knit family"; "close-knit little villages"; "the group was closely knit"

confidential

adj. denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice"

familiar

adj. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"

far, distant

adj. at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"

faraway, far-off

adj. very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times"

remote, far-off, removed

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

remote, removed

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

distant

adj. far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"

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