around the corner

ADJECTIVE

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjacent convenient

STRONG

abutting adjoining approaching handy impending nearest neighboring nigh warm

WEAK

across the street at hand contiguous give or take a little hard by immediate imminent in spitting distance in the ball park near-at-hand nearly next proximate under one's nose

Antonyms

STRONGEST

distant far

STRONG

remote

WEAK

away far-off faraway

Example Sentences

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The massive SpaceX IPO is just around the corner.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

“Bill—Mr. President—took me around the corner, and there were three Secret Service agents behind him, all of them looking at me. The president asked me what my intentions were.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

When another school in Hackney, Baden Powell school, closed, the pupils moved to Nightingale school around the corner.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

An officer responding to a call pulled Blessing over around the corner from Donut Plus on Erringer Road.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

"Toby lives right around the corner," Nancy said.

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene

around the corner

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