nearness
/ˈnɪənəs
/noun [mass noun]
The condition of being near; proximity: the town’s nearness to London...
- Outsiders envy our nearness to the lake and the life's-a-holiday vibe, even as they see it as a distant outpost, some eastern outpost of the moon.
- Residents claim the location is unsuitable because of its isolation, its nearness to the Leeds-Liverpool canal and a lack of public transport.
- But like many town centres, it has suffered because of its nearness to thriving Manchester city centre and the Trafford Centre.
Synonyms
closeness, proximity, propinquity, adjacency;
accessibility, handiness
rare contiguity, contiguousness, vicinity, vicinage
imminence, closeness, immediacy, immediateness
consanguinity, closeness
- native logging
- natively
- native metal
- native mulberry
- nativeness
- native orange
- native oven
- native peach
- native pomegranate
- native poplar
- native potato
- native problem
- native question
- native quince
- native reserve
- native rock
- native son
- native speaker
- native state
- native tamarind
- native thrush
- native title
- native trade
- native trout
- native willow