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
  • Getty Images Like many of the Harrow schools, the New York location is a thing of beauty, situated on a 170-acre oceanfront property in Oakdale, Long Island, equidistant from New York City and the Hamptons.
    — Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Another almost perfectly equidistant location, and yes this means three games in Iowa.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of equidistant
Adjective
  • That means nobody is around to judge you for slipping the ABBA album from the stack of records in the lobby onto the nearby turntable before curling up on the black leather banquettes around the fireplace.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Instead he was sent to the nearby Army barracks and told to schedule outpatient appointments.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of nearby
Adjective
  • Outpost says the expensive, complex infrastructure is built once and reused across missions, with the innermost module tailored to each customer.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers say Mercury’s rough, impact-scarred surface may hide ‘wrinkles’ from global contraction, offering fresh clues to the evolution of the solar system’s smallest, innermost planet.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of innermost
Adjective
  • In the afternoons, the Pultizer living room adjacent to The Bar and SkyFire restaurant is a happening place.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Nashville is seeing plenty of posthumous Dolly activity at the moment, as her SongTeller Hotel and an adjacent museum have just opened in downtown Nashville.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of adjacent
Adjective
  • Read Full Review In the heart of Yankee Connecticut, Winvian Farm is a perfect retreat for the jaded captain of industry wanting to reconnect with their playful inner child.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • At the very moment AI is forcing us to ask what only a human writer can do, Americans are getting more interested in the inner life.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of inner
Adjective
  • An approximate number that management reviews every quarter is considerably more useful than a very real cost that nobody measures.
    — George Wells, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • To predict the properties of larger molecules and materials, researchers have developed methods that can find approximate wave functions.
    — Sophya Garashchuk, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of approximate
Adjective
  • Most business problems live in a middle zone where part of the output can be checked automatically and the rest needs judgment.
    — Dhyey Mavani, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Edwin Díaz was coming in from the bullpen, not to the accompaniment of a live trumpeter preceding a save opportunity, but to a recording preceding a middle inning of an uninspiring defeat.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of middle
Adjective
  • Other next-door neighbors include a convent, a multi-building affordable-housing complex and a preschool for children with hearing loss.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The armed man, who lived in Parkchester, was described by his next-door neighbor as a quiet guy who kept to himself.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 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 Oct. 2026.

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