Proximate synonyms and antonyms

prŏk'sə-mĭt

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within a stone's throw
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close
Being near in relationship:
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direct
Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving:
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forthcoming
The definition of forthcoming refers to something that is about to happen, or to someone who is willing to openly share information.
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imminent
Likely to happen without delay; impending; often, specif., threatening, looming, etc.
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near
Nearly occurring but not actually happening:
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nearby
The definition of nearby is close or not far away.
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next
The definition of next is just before or after.
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contiguous
Near, next, or adjacent
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immediate
Very close; direct or adjacent.
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nigh
(Archaic, poetic) near, close by
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momentary
Lasting for only a moment.
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at-hand
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under-one-s-nose
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within hailing distance
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ultimate (antonym)
Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
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causal (related)
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correlative (related)
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adjacent
Laying near or close by, but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining.
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impending
The definition of impending is about to happen.
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explicable (related)
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  • After Cimon's death he renounced the war against Persia, and the collapse of 447-445 had the effect of completing his change ' The general impression in Greece was that this decree was the proximate cause of the war.

  • Nature (says Zeller) is to Hegel a system of gradations, of which one arises necessarily out of the other, and is the proximate truth of that out of which it results.

  • An account of the structure of plants naturally begins with the cell which is the proximate unit of organic structure.

  • The weakness of the NeoLamarckian view lies in its interpretation of heredity; its strength lies in its zealous study of the living world and the detection therein of proximate empirical laws, a strength shared by very many bionomical investigations, the authors of which would prefer to call themselves Darwinians, or to leave themselves without sectarian designation.

  • Ptolemy Euergetes (247-222 B.C.) rendered the greatest service to geography by the protection and encouragement of Eratosthenes, whose labours gave the first ap proximate knowledge of the true size of the spherical The .

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