Nearby

English

Adjective

Nearby (comparative more Nearby, superlative most Nearby)

1. near, very close, adjacent, a short distance away

   Two dangerous mosquito-borne illnesses have been detected in nearby southeastern Massachusetts. (wpri.com)

Adverb

Nearby (comparative more Nearby, superlative most Nearby)

1. next to, close to

   I'm glad my friends live nearby where I can visit them.

Thesaurus

about, accessible, adjacent, along toward, around, aside, at close quarters, at hand, away, beside, by, circa, close, close about, close at hand, close by, convenient, convenient to, easily reached, fast by, handy, hard, hard by, hereabout, hereabouts, immediate, in juxtaposition, in spitting distance, in the vicinity, near, near at hand, nearabout, nearabouts, nigh, nigh about, not far, on one side, on the side, only a step, propinquant, propinquous, ready at hand, round, sidelong, thereabout, thereabouts, to hand, to one side, to the side, within call, within earshot, within hearing, within reach

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Etymology

near + by

Translations

Adjective

adjacent

Dutch: dichtbij (nl) Esperanto: apuda (eo) French: proche (fr) m. and f. German: in der Nähe (de) Greek: κοντινός (el) m., κοντινή (el) f., κοντινό (el) n. Portuguese: próximo (pt)

Scots: naurby Slovak: blízky m., blízka f., blízke n.; vedľajší m., vedľajšia f., vedľajšie n. Spanish: cercano (es) m., cercana (es) f., próximo (es) m. Swedish: i närheten (sv), nära (sv) Vietnamese: gần; bên cạnh đó Volapük: nilik (vo)

Adverb

close to

Chamicuro: a'lotsi'ta Chinese: Mandarin: 在附近 (zh) (zài fùjìn) Dutch: dichtbij (nl), nabij (nl) French: à proximité (fr) German: nebenan (de), in der Nähe (de), nah (de) Greek: κοντά (el) Hindi: पास (hi) (pās), पास में (hi) (pās mẽ) Japanese: 近くに (ja) (chikaku-ni)

Portuguese: próximo (pt) Russian: поблизости (ru) (poblízosti), близко (ru) (blízko), рядом (ru) (rjádom), неподалёку (ru) (nepodaljóku) Slovak: vedľa, blízko, nablízku Spanish: cerca (es) Swedish: i närheten (sv) Urdu: پاس (ur) (pās), پاس میں (ur) (pās mẽ) Vietnamese: gần (vi), bên cạnh (vi) Volapük: nilo (vo)

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• barney, Barney