Related Words for in close proximity

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WordSyllablesCategories
abandonment
x/xx
Noun, Noun
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
accessibility
xxx/xx
Noun
accurate
/xx
Adjective
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjacency
x/xx
Noun
adjacent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
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
approximation
xxx/x
Noun
area
/xx
Noun
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
centrality
x/xx
Noun
chummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
classify
/xx
Verb
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
close at hand
///
Phrase, Adverb
closely
/x
Adverb
closeout
/x
Noun
closure
/x
Noun
coda
/x
Noun
coherence
x/x
Noun
cohort
/x
Noun, Verb
collegial
x/xx
Adjective
come together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
coming
/x
Noun, Adjective
community
x/xx
Noun
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
complexity
x/xx
Noun
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
confidential
xx/x
Adjective
confined
x/
Adjective
congruence
/xx
Noun
connectedness
x/xx
Noun
consensus
x/x
Noun, Verb
constrictive
x/x
Adjective
consummation
xx/x
Noun
contiguity
x//xx
Noun
contiguous
x/xx
Adjective
continuity
xx/xx
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
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
densely
/x
Adverb
detailed
x/
Adjective, Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
dismantle
x/x
Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
dissolve
x/
Verb, Noun
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
distant
/x
Adjective
distinctiveness
x/xx
Noun
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
door
/
Noun, Verb
doorstep
/x
Noun, Verb
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dynamism
/xxx
Noun
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
eclipse
x/
Noun, Verb
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
eve
/
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
familiarity
xx/xx
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
fluidity
x/xx
Noun
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
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
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
hinterland
/xx
Noun
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imminence
/xx
Noun
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
indirect
xx/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
indissoluble
/x/xx
Adjective
inextricably
x/xxx
Adverb
integrally
/xxx
Adverb
intense
x/
Adjective
intensively
x/xx
Adverb
interference
xx/x
Noun, Verb
interrelation
xxx/x
Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
intimacy
/xxx
Noun
intimately
/xxx
Adverb
intricately
/xxx
Adverb
intrinsically
x/xxx
Adverb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
juxtaposed
xx/
Adjective
keep
/
Verb, Noun
kin
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
latch
/
Noun, Verb
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
liquidate
/xx
Verb
local
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
lock
/
Noun, Verb
lockdown
/x
Noun
log
/
Noun, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
loose
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
meadow
/x
Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
meticulous
x/xx
Adjective
monitor
/xx
Verb, Noun
moral
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
nah
/
Name
narrowband
/xx
Adjective
narrowly
/xx
Adverb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
nearby
//
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nearly
/x
Adverb
nearshore
/x
Noun, Verb
neighbor
/x
Noun, Verb
neighborhood
/xx
Noun
neighborly
/xx
Adjective
neighbour
/x
Noun, Verb
nestled
/x
Adjective
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nigh
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
observant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
observer
x/x
Noun
offshoot
/x
Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
open up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
outcome
/x
Noun
outreach
/x
Noun, Verb
outright
//
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb, Noun
parochial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
particular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
place
/
Noun, Verb
plug
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
practically
/xx
Adverb
precise
x/
Adjective, Verb
presence
/x
Noun, Verb
private
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prohibit
x/x
Verb
proximal
/xx
Adjective
proximate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
ranch
/
Noun, Verb
rank
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
rapprochement
xx/
Noun
re
/
Noun
reach
/
Verb, Noun
ready
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
recap
/x
Noun, Verb
recent
/x
Adjective, Noun
reconcile
/xx
Verb
rectify
/xx
Verb
reduce
x/
Verb
relative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
remedy
/xx
Noun, Verb
remoteness
x/x
Noun
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
resolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
restrained
x/
Adjective
result
x/
Noun, Verb
rigorous
/xx
Adjective
robust
x/
Adjective
roughly
/x
Adverb
save
/
Verb, Noun
seal
/
Noun, Verb
seal off
//
Phrase, Verb
secretive
/xx
Adjective
separateness
/xxx
Noun
shape
/
Noun, Verb
shelter
/x
Noun, Verb
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shortly
/x
Adverb
show
/
Verb, Noun
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
shut down
//
Phrase, Verb
shutdown
/x
Noun
shutoff
/x
Noun
shutter
/x
Noun, Verb
side by side
///
Phrase, Adverb, Noun, Adjective
sign
/
Noun, Verb
similar
/xx
Adjective, Noun
similarity
xx/xx
Noun
sisterly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
slam
/
Noun, Verb
slat
/
Noun, Verb
slender
/x
Adjective
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snug
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
snuggled
/x
Adjective
solid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
some
/
Adverb
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
special
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spillover
/xx
Noun
stingy
/x
Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
strait
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
strengthen
/x
Verb
strictly
/x
Adverb, Noun
stringent
/x
Adjective
strongly
/x
Adverb
stuffy
/x
Adjective, Noun
subsidiarity
x/xxxx
Noun
substantial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
surrounding
x/x
Noun
sympathy
/xx
Noun
tenuous
/xx
Adjective
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
terminate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
termination
xx/x
Noun
terminus
/xx
Noun
thick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
thorough
/x
Adjective, Noun
tightly
/x
Adverb
together
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
tommy
/x
Name, Verb
touch
/
Noun, Verb
treatment
/x
Noun
turn
/
Verb, Noun
ungenerous
x/xx
Adjective
upcoming
/xx
Adjective, Noun
verge
/
Noun, Verb
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
vicinity
x/xx
Noun
virtually
/xxx
Adverb
walking
/x
Adjective
warm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
warmly
/x
Adverb
watchful
/x
Adjective
welded
/x
Verb, Adjective, Name
win
/
Verb, Noun
word
/
Noun, Verb
zipper
/x
Noun, Verb