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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| close to | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| nearby | // | Adjective | 
| vicinity | x/xx | Noun | 
| close in | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| nearness | /x | Noun | 
| neighboring | /xx | Adjective | 
| proximity | x/xx | Noun | 
| next door | // | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective | 
| neighbouring | /xx | Adjective | 
| near east | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| locality | x/xx | Noun | 
| next to | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| closely | /x | Adverb | 
| locally | /xx | Adverb | 
| location | x/x | Noun | 
| hometown | /x | Noun | 
| adjacent | x/x | Adjective | 
| come close | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| nearshore | /x | Noun | 
| located | /xx | Verb | 
| neighborhood | /xx | Noun | 
| hereabouts | /xx | Noun | 
| whereabouts | /xx | Noun | 
| local | /x | Adjective | 
| convenient | x/x | Adjective | 
| within reach | x// | Phrase | 
| proximally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| adjoining | x/x | Adjective | 
| close call | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| centrally | /xx | Adverb | 
| cross street | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| suburb | /x | Noun | 
| contiguous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| place | / | Noun | 
| surroundings | x/x | Noun | 
| near miss | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| directly | x/x | Adverb | 
| spitting distance | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| come by | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| draw near | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| right off | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| anyplace | /xx | Adverb | 
| right on | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| southeast | x/ | Noun | 
| accessible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| right along | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| the city | x/x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| stop by | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| live in | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| eastside | // | Noun | 
| within | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| proximate | /xx | Adjective | 
| midwest | x/ | Name | 
| close down | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| downtown | // | Noun | 
| close off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| northeast | x/ | Noun | 
| abandonment | x/xx | Noun | 
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| accurate | /xx | Adjective | 
| address | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| adjournment | x/x | Noun | 
| airless | /x | Adjective | 
| akin | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| almost | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| ambient | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| approximately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| at hand | // | Phrase | 
| attention | x/x | Noun | 
| attentively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| bang | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| beside | x/ | Adverb | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| block | / | Noun, Verb | 
| boon | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| bosom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brink | / | Noun | 
| brotherly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| busy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| carefully | /xx | Adverb | 
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| catch | / | Verb, Noun | 
| categorize | /xxx | Verb | 
| cease | / | Verb, Noun | 
| chummy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| classify | /xx | Verb | 
| climax | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| close at hand | /// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| closeout | /x | Noun | 
| closure | /x | Noun | 
| coda | /x | Noun | 
| collegial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| come together | /x/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| coming | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| compact | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| completion | x/x | Noun | 
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| conclude | x/ | Verb | 
| conclusion | x/x | Noun | 
| confidential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| confined | x/ | Adjective | 
| constrictive | x/x | Adjective | 
| consummation | xx/x | Noun | 
| convergence | x/x | Noun | 
| cordial | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| cozy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| cramped | / | Adjective | 
| crunch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| culmination | xx/x | Noun | 
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| delete | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| densely | /x | Adverb | 
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| discontinue | xx/x | Verb | 
| dismantle | x/x | Verb | 
| dismiss | x/ | Verb | 
| dissolve | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| distance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| distant | /x | Adjective | 
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| door | / | Noun, Verb | 
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| draw | / | Verb, Noun | 
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| enclose | x/ | Verb | 
| encompassing | x/xx | Adjective | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| enhanced | x/ | Adjective | 
| entrance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| enveloping | x/xx | Verb | 
| epilogue | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| equal | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| exact | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| expiry | x/x | Noun | 
| extensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| faithful | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| familiar | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| farm | / | Noun, Verb | 
| farmhouse | /x | Noun | 
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| fastener | /xx | Noun | 
| fence | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fill | / | Verb, Noun | 
| fin | / | Noun, Verb | 
| final | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| finale | x/x | Noun | 
| finalization | /xx/x | Noun | 
| fine | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| finis | /x | Noun | 
| finish | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| firmly | /x | Adverb | 
| flour | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fold | / | Noun, Verb | 
| foreseeable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| forthcoming | //x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fraternal | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| frequent | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| friendly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| full | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| grouped | / | Adjective | 
| hand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| hardly | /x | Adverb | 
| heal | / | Verb, Noun | 
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| hiding | /x | Noun | 
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| highly | /x | Adverb | 
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| imminent | /xx | Adjective | 
| impending | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| indissoluble | /x/xx | Adjective | 
| inextricably | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| integrally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| intense | x/ | Adjective | 
| intensively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| intimacy | /xxx | Noun | 
| intimately | /xxx | Adverb | 
| intricately | /xxx | Adverb | 
| intrinsically | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
