nowhere near

phrase

1

: not at all near to

We were nowhere near a hospital.

2

informal : not at all : not nearly

Their house is nowhere near as nice as yours.

That is nowhere near enough water.

The house is nowhere near finished.

Examples of nowhere near in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The city’s demographics are vastly different, its politics nowhere near as conservative. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Raised until his teens on Krypton, this Kal-El mourns its demise, and arrives on Earth nowhere near Kansas or the Kents. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026

Caitlin Clark, the generational talent who propelled professional women’s basketball into the national consciousness in 2024, is nowhere near it. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Penn State gave a coach who was nowhere near its first choice one of the more lucrative and ironclad contracts in the sport. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for nowhere near

• charioteer
• ritonavir
• adhere
• ameer
• amir
• appear
• arrear
• astir
• austere
• career
• cashier
• cohere

Kids Definition

nowhere near

adverb

: not nearly