Synonyms for nearer
near·er

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1. nearer, nigher, closeradverb

   (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

   "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation"

   Synonyms:
   closer, nigher

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1. List of paraphrases for "nearer":

   nearest, closest, closer

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1. Professor Wass:

   They're out in the sea, very high and difficult to reach, we can imagine applying there sooner, many more consumer items -- sports equipment, bicycle frames, you can imagine in much nearer terms, maybe two years before we can start to see these things happening.

2. Cicero:

   Can anything be more absurd than that the nearer we are to our journeys end, we should lay in the more provision for it?

3. Professor Wass:

   Many more consumer items -- sports equipment, bicycle frames, you can imagine in much nearer terms, maybe two years before we can start to see these things happening.

4. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom:

   Each year brings us nearer to the Wiedersehen [reunion with the dead], though it is sad to think how one's glass is running out, & how little good goes with it, compared to the numberless blessings we receive. Time goes incredibly fast.

5. David Hare:

   Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.