Related Words for near and dear

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WordSyllablesCategories
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
adjacent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
adorable
x/xx
Adjective
adored
x/
Adjective
advisories
x/xx
Noun
affectionately
x/xxx
Adverb
afflicted
x/x
Adjective
afford
x/
Verb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
akin
x/
Adjective, Noun
all but
//
Phrase, Adverb
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
along
x/
Adverb
alongside
x//
Adverb
amy
/x
Name
angel
/x
Noun, Verb
anna
/x
Name
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
arid
/x
Adjective
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
artificial
xx/x
Adjective
babe
/
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
belle
/
Name
beloved
x/
Adjective, Noun
beside
x/
Adverb
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
blood
/
Noun, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boyfriend
/x
Noun
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
cabbage
/x
Noun, Verb
can
/
Verb, Noun
cant
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cara
/x
Name
carefully
/xx
Adverb
carl
/
Name, Verb
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
cheerless
/x
Adjective
cher
/
Noun
cherished
/x
Adjective
child
/
Noun, Verb
christ
/
Name
chummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
circa
/x
Noun
closer
/x
Adjective, Noun
colder
/x
Adjective, Noun
come on
//
Phrase, Verb
coming
/x
Noun, Adjective
con
/
Noun, Verb
contiguous
x/xx
Adjective
cora
/x
Name
cost
/
Noun, Verb
costly
/x
Adjective
crowd
/
Noun, Verb
curry
/x
Noun, Verb
dad
/
Noun, Verb
daddy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
darling
/x
Noun, Adjective
daughter
/x
Noun
dearer
/x
Adjective, Noun
dearie
/x
Noun
devout
x/
Adjective, Noun
differential
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
distant
/x
Adjective
distinguished
x/x
Adjective
doll
/
Noun
draw near
//
Phrase, Verb
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
earnest
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
east
/
Name, Adjective, Adverb
edge in
/x
Phrase, Verb
elder
/x
Noun, Verb
esteemed
x/
Adjective
estimate
/xx
Noun, Verb
exalted
x/x
Adjective
expensive
x/x
Adjective
fabulous
/xx
Adjective
face
/
Noun, Verb
faithful
/x
Adjective, Noun
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fellow
/x
Noun, Verb
fence
/
Noun, Verb
floor
/
Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fond
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
friend
/
Noun, Verb
fruity
/x
Noun, Adjective
gallant
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
gee
/
Name, Verb
gentle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
girl
/
Noun, Verb
girlfriend
/x
Noun
glorious
/xx
Adjective
god
/
Name, Verb
gosh
/
Noun
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
haired
/
Adjective
hallowed
/x
Adjective
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
harry
/x
Name, Verb
hastings
/x
Name
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
heart
/
Noun, Verb
heartfelt
/x
Adjective
heaven
/x
Noun, Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hereabouts
/xx
Adverb
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hon
/
Noun, Adjective
honey
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
honorable
/xxx
Adjective, Name
honourable
/xxx
Adjective, Name
honoured
/x
Adjective
horses
/x
Noun
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imminence
/xx
Noun
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
indoors
/x
Noun, Adverb
inexpensive
xx/x
Adjective
jeez
/
Name
jesus
/x
Name, Verb
just about
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
kate
/
Name
kid
/
Noun, Verb
kiddo
/x
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
kindness
/x
Noun
lad
/
Noun
ladies
/x
Noun
lamb
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
left
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
located
/xx
Adjective
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
loom
/
Noun, Verb
lord
/
Noun, Verb
lot
/
Noun, Verb
lovable
/xx
Adjective
love
/
Noun, Verb
loved one
//
Phrase, Noun
lovely
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
lover
/x
Noun
lower
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
luv
/
Noun, Verb
lying
/x
Noun, Adjective
madam
/x
Noun, Verb
madame
/x
Name
mademoiselle
xxx/
Noun, Verb
mama
/x
Noun
mamma
/x
Noun
martha
/x
Name
mary
/x
Name
meadows
/x
Noun
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mighty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
mild
/
Adjective, Noun
minimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
minimum
/xx
Noun, Adjective
miss
/
Name, Verb
mister
/x
Noun, Verb
misty
/x
Adjective, Noun
mom
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
money
/x
Noun, Adjective
monsieur
x/
Name
moral
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
most
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
mum
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
my
/
Noun
nah
/
Name
nearby
//
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nearer
/x
Adjective
nearly
/x
Adverb
neat
/
Adjective, Noun
neighbor
/x
Noun, Verb
neighborhood
/xx
Noun
neighbour
/x
Noun, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nice
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
nigh
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
old
/
Adjective, Noun
onerous
/xx
Adjective
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overpriced
/xx
Adjective
papa
/x
Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
peanut
/x
Noun, Verb
pertaining
x/x
Noun
pet
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
petal
/x
Noun, Verb
poop
/
Noun, Verb
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
practically
/xx
Adverb
precious
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
price
/
Noun, Verb
pricey
/x
Adjective, Noun
proximal
/xx
Adjective
proximate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
proximity
x/xx
Noun
pumpkin
/x
Noun
push
/
Verb, Noun
quasi
/x
Adjective
receding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
recent
/x
Adjective, Noun
recently
/xx
Adverb
relation
x/x
Noun
relative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
remoter
x/x
Noun
respected
x/x
Adjective
roughly
/x
Adverb
seigneur
//
Noun
semi
/x
Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shortly
/x
Adverb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
similar
/xx
Adjective, Noun
sincere
x/
Adjective, Noun
sir
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
situated
/xxx
Adjective
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
some
/
Adverb
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
speedy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
steep
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stingy
/x
Adjective
sugar
/x
Noun, Verb
surrounding
x/x
Noun
sweet
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sweetheart
/x
Noun
sweetie
/x
Noun
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
toward
x/
Adjective, Noun
unattainable
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
ungenerous
x/xx
Adjective
unloved
x/
Adjective
unreal
x/
Adjective
upcoming
/xx
Adjective, Noun
uproar
/x
Noun, Verb
upstairs
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
upwind
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
valentine
/xx
Name
valuable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
value
/x
Noun, Verb
vandals
/x
Noun
vicinity
x/xx
Noun
virgin
/x
Noun, Adjective
virtually
/xxx
Adverb
warm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
warmly
/x
Adverb
while
/
Noun, Verb
widowed
/x
Adjective
witted
/x
Adjective
young
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb