nearest

adjective

1
as in equidistant

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2
as in closest

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nearest
  1. equidistant
  2. nearby
  3. innermost
  4. adjacent
  5. inner
  6. approximate
  7. middle
  8. next-door
Adjective
  • Another almost perfectly equidistant location, and yes this means three games in Iowa.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Two of the grandmothers were seated with the couple, while the parents were at the table adjacent to them—equidistant to avoid jealousy and hard feelings.
    — Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of equidistant
Adjective
  • The festival, with a capacity of 80,000 people, also was hit with mud and rain in 2023 as many attendees were trapped on its grounds, where vehicle traffic was temporarily limited and some hiked in the mud to nearby towns.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Agents also searched a nearby cannabis dispensary located next door to the senator’s office.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of nearby
Adjective
  • BepiColombo launched in October 2018 and took a long, looping and highly circuitous route toward Mercury our solar system's innermost planet.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The image is whimsical, belying their instinct to flee the harsh world outside that tent, and through it, the audience gets to understand their psyche and innermost thoughts.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of innermost
Adjective
  • Sitting at a conference room table adjacent to the Packers’ locker room, Kraft unfurls his left arm to explain each of his tattoos.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Lounging and relaxing poolside is taken very seriously with an ample supply of chaise lounges and umbrellas lining all four pools (three family pools and one adults-only pool), and an adjacent private beach and lagoon.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of adjacent
Adjective
  • First, the continuous scouring action of the water jet removes slag and oxidized sputtering residues, producing a clean processing interface with smooth inner walls and vertical groove profiles.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Zumthor’s discussion of creating inner security and safety for me immediately evokes for me the specter of its opposite, the unsafe spaces, the spaces of destruction, the homes flattened in Ukraine, Yemen, Lebanon and Gaza.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of inner
Adjective
  • Waiting from age 62 until 70 to start receiving Social Security retirement benefits provides an approximate 76% total benefit boost as well as roughly 76% more of every annual cost-of-living adjustment, Mahaney writes in the research.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • These are approximate figures; rents differ across different halls.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of approximate
Adjective
  • Munoz knows this too, saying brands have plenty of young people to hawk their wares but not middle-aged influencers.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • But despite the initial slide, Case said the opportunity to serve the middle market at the scale the company now can through the acquisition has tremendous value potential for shareholders.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of middle
Adjective
  • Fulcrum has yet to fill the ground-floor retail space there, but Koss said the firm is intent on finding tenants as unique as the brewery next-door, and the wine bar, Franquette.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The 25-year-old next-door neighbor to the Disneyland Resort will be doubling the size of its Avengers Campus in the coming months.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of next-door
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“Nearest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nearest. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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