nigh

nigh

verb

Definition of NIGH

1

to come near or nearer <as the hour of his death was nighing>

Synonyms belly up, close, close in, come up, draw on, near, nigh

Related Words arrive, attain, come, gain, hit, land, make, reach, show up, turn up, waltz up; creep up, sneak up; adjoin, border, touch, verge

Near Antonyms clear out, depart, exit, go, leave, light out, pull out, quit, remove, run away, shove (off), take off, walk out

Antonyms back (up or away), recede, retire, retreat, withdraw

2

to move closer to <as the old man was nighing his hour of death>

Synonyms advance, approach, near, nigh

Related Words drop in, enter, pop (in)

Near Antonyms depart, exit, leave

Antonyms go, recede (from), retreat, withdraw