| English noun: nearness | |||
| 1. | nearness (attribute) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance | ||
| Samples | The sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action. | ||
| Synonyms | closeness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | distance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness, propinquity, proximity | ||
| Antonyms | farawayness, farness, remoteness | ||