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nearest

ADJECTIVE

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjacent convenient

STRONG

abutting adjoining approaching handy impending neighboring nigh warm

WEAK

across the street around the corner 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

ADJECTIVE

immediate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

direct recent

WEAK

adjacent close contiguous firsthand near-at-hand nearby nigh primary proximal proximate

Antonyms

WEAK

away distant eventually far later never

ADJECTIVE

intimate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affectionate confidential cozy loving warm

STRONG

bosom cherished close dear dearest faithful fast mellow mix near nice regular roommate snug

WEAK

buddy-buddy chummy clubby comfy fond next

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cold cool disliking

STRONG

away far imprecise inaccurate loose

WEAK

formal incompatible public unfriendly

ADJECTIVE

Synonyms

STRONGEST

later

WEAK

abutting adjacent adjoining after alongside attached back-to-back beside close closest coming consequent coterminous ensuing following hard by meeting neighboring on the side proximate side-by-side subsequent succeeding touching

Antonyms

WEAK

earlier preceding previous

ADVERB

fore

Synonyms

STRONG

ante forward

WEAK

ahead antecedently before beforehand in advance near precedently previous

Antonyms

WEAK

aft back

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For the stocks listed in this table, that would mean buying the straddles expiring on June 12, or the next nearest date if that expiration date not exist for a particular stock.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

You can find your nearest polling place on the California secretary of state’s website here.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

If the chuyka goes off, bus drivers are supposed to stop, let their passengers out and direct them to the nearest shelter.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Its Emmett shop, more than a mile from the nearest coal-processing plant and several miles from any extraction site, is where its trucks get their oil changed and their brakes fixed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

He ducked into the nearest bathroom and locked himself in a stall.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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