Nigh synonyms

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close at hand
being on the left side
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close (related)
Having little or no space between elements or parts; tight and compact:
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near
Closely corresponding to or resembling an original:
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almost
being on the left side
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imminent
Likely to happen without delay; impending; often, specif., threatening, looming, etc.
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about
Ready; likely immediately
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hard
To a point near in time, space, or relation
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this night (related)
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this day (related)
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approaching
That approaches or approach.
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nearly
being on the left side
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neighboring
Alternative spelling of neighbouring.
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practically
being on the left side
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closely
To a point near in time, space, or relation
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nearby
To a point near in time, space, or relation
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adjacent
Laying near or close by, but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining.
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contiguous
Near, next, or adjacent
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immediate
Very close; direct or adjacent.
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proximate
Direct or immediate:
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at-hand
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under-one-s-nose
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within a stone's throw
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within hailing distance
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most
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
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virtually
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
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well-nigh
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
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beside
being on the left side
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far (antonym)
The definition of far is a long way away.
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Nigh Sentence Examples

  • The French and English were sufficiently equal in strength to make the task of government well nigh impossible.

  • The darkest days were nigh.

  • 41) simply says that the body was laid in a sepulchre "nigh at hand."

  • Otkar continues to answer " Not yet," adding at last " When thou shalt see the fields bristling with an iron harvest, and the Po and the Ticino swollen with sea-floods, inundating the walls of the city with iron billows, then shall Karl be nigh at hand."

  • redemption draweth nigh.

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