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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close |
| Synonyms: | direct, forthcoming, imminent, near, nearby, next |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, nearby |
| Synonyms: | abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under one's nose, warm |
| Antonyms: | away, beyond, detached, far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | direct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | face-to-face; next to |
| Synonyms: | contiguous, firsthand, head-on, immediate, lineal, next, personal, primary, prompt, proximate, resultant, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | indirect |
| Main Entry: | following |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening, being next or after |
| Synonyms: | a while later, after a while, afterward, attendant, back, by and by, coming, coming after, coming next, consecutive, consequent, consequential, directly after, ensuing, henceforth, hinder, in pursuit, in search of, in the wake of, later, later on, latter, next, next off, on the scent, posterior, presently, proximate, pursuing, rear, resulting, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, specified, subsequent, succeeding, successive, supervenient, then, trailing, when |
| Antonyms: | first, leading, preceding |
| Main Entry: | immediate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, next |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, close, contiguous, direct, firsthand, near-at-hand, nearby, nearest, nigh, primary, proximal, proximate, recent |
| Antonyms: | away, distant, far |
| Main Entry: | impending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forthcoming |
| Synonyms: | approaching, at hand, brewing, coming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall, hovering, imminent, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, looking to, looming, menacing, near, nearing, ominous, on the horizon, overhanging, portending, proximate, see it coming, threatening, waiting to |
| Antonyms: | distant, later, never, remote |
| Main Entry: | later |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming after |
| Synonyms: | downstream, ensuing, following, more recent, next, posterior, postliminary, proximate, subsequent, subsequential, succeeding, ulterior |
| Antonyms: | before, earlier |
| Main Entry: | near |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close by physically |
| Synonyms: | abreast, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, along toward, alongside, approximal, around, at close quarters, available, beside, bordering, burning, close, close shave, close-at-hand, close-by, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, hair's breadth, handy, immediate, in close proximity, near-at-hand, nearby, neighboring, next door, nigh, not remote, practically, proximal, proximate, ready, side-by-side, touching, vincinal, warm*, within stone's throw |
| Antonyms: | away, distant, far, remote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nearby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjoining |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, close, close-at-hand, close-by, contiguous, convenient, handy, immediate, neighboring, proximate, ready |
| Antonyms: | far, faraway |
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