nearby
adverb or adjective
near·by nir-ˈbī 
ˈnir-ˌbī
: close at hand
Synonyms
- close
- close-up
- immediate
- near
- neighboring
- next-door
- nigh
- proximate
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Even after his guilty plea, he's been locked up in local jails instead of the federal system in order to be nearby to assist authorities. 
Ed White, ajc, 16 Sep. 2022 This is why there are always dogs that collapse even though there is a lake nearby. Stella Marie Hombach, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2022 Moritz Van Elsebergen, 34, a tourist from Frankfurt, had been at an Italian café nearby when suddenly the music stopped and everyone’s phones lit up at once. Richard Morgan, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, Roberts was in another house nearby, while her husband and three children were back in the United States. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2022 Fears ran high Tuesday on an Indigenous reserve in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, as police warned residents that the suspect in a deadly stabbing rampage over the weekend might be nearby. Rob Gillies And Robert Bumsted, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Also nearby are a golf course, public swimming pool, tennis courts, and excellent public and private schools. James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022 Retail space is to be focused on the main street — Innovation Parkway — which is central to the property, though there also will be some in other areas nearby. San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 As its name suggests, there are train tracks nearby. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2022 See More
Ed White, ajc, 16 Sep. 2022 This is why there are always dogs that collapse even though there is a lake nearby. Stella Marie Hombach, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2022 Moritz Van Elsebergen, 34, a tourist from Frankfurt, had been at an Italian café nearby when suddenly the music stopped and everyone’s phones lit up at once. Richard Morgan, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, Roberts was in another house nearby, while her husband and three children were back in the United States. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2022 Fears ran high Tuesday on an Indigenous reserve in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, as police warned residents that the suspect in a deadly stabbing rampage over the weekend might be nearby. Rob Gillies And Robert Bumsted, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Also nearby are a golf course, public swimming pool, tennis courts, and excellent public and private schools. James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022 Retail space is to be focused on the main street — Innovation Parkway — which is central to the property, though there also will be some in other areas nearby. San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 As its name suggests, there are train tracks nearby. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
nearby
adverb or adjective
near·by nir-ˈbī
: close at hand
Bandages are kept nearby.
a nearby park
nearby 1 of 3
adjective
as in near
not being distant in time, space, or significance grabbed the nearby quilt and gently laid it over the sleeping child Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- near
- close
- neighboring
- adjacent
- immediate
- at hand
- to hand
- next-door
- adjoining
- proximate
- coming
- nigh
- convenient
- abutting
- contiguous
- close-up
- bordering
- handy
- approaching
- upcoming
- oncoming
- forthcoming
- accessible
- close-in
- hand-to-hand
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- distant
- remote
- far
- away
- deep
- faraway
- far-off
- separated
- removed
- divorced
nearby
2 of 3adverb
as in close
at, within, or to a short distance or time I'll be nearby if you need anything Synonyms & Similar Words
- close
- near
- in
- by
- around
- at hand
- within call
- at close quarters
- along
- hard
- hereabouts
- nigh
- alongside
- on one's doorstep
- thereabouts
- hereabout
- hereaway
- conveniently
- hereaways
- thereabout
- handily
- accessibly
nearby
3 of 3preposition
as in along
Synonyms & Similar Words
- near
- along
- across
- alongside
- over
- beyond
- outside
- under
- via
- below
- beneath
- by
- underneath
- through
- past
- throughout
- spirifer
- Spirifera
- spiriferacea
- spiriferid
- spiriferoid
- spiriferous
- spiriform
- spirilla
- spirillaceaes
- spirillar
- spirillary
- spirillum
- spiring
- spirit
- spirit (away or off)
- spirit away or off
- Spirit baptism
- spirit blue
- spirit butterfly
- spirit compass
- spirit duck
- spirit duplicating
- spirit ground
- spirit gum
- spirit lamp