vverb.motionmove towardsSynset:approach come near come on draw close draw near go up
Examples:- We were approaching our destination
- They are drawing near
- The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Derivationally Related Form:approachableapproach
Hypernyms:come come up
Inherited Hypernyms:approachcometravel
Direct Hyponyms:bear down onbear down uponclosecrowddrive upedge inedge uppush
Entailment:advance go on march on move on pass on progress
Full Troponyms:bear down onclosedrive upedge inpush
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: come near, draw near, approach)
adjadj.allnot far distant in time or space or degree or circumstancesAttributes:distance
Synset:close nigh
Examples:- near neighbors
- in the near future
- they are near equals
- his nearest approach to success
- a very near thing
- a near hit by the bomb
- she was near tears
- she was close to tears
- had a close call
Antonyms:far
Derivationally Related Form:closenessnearness
Inherited Hypernyms:near
Similar to:adjacent hot nearby warm
adj satadj.allclosely resembling the genuine articleExamples:- near beer
- a dress of near satin
Antonyms:natural
Inherited Hypernyms:near
Similar to:artificial unreal
adj satadj.allgiving or spending with reluctanceSynset:cheeseparing close penny-pinching skinny
Examples:- our cheeseparing administration
- very close (or near) with his money
- a penny-pinching miserly old man
Antonyms:generous
Derivationally Related Form:closenesspenny-pinching
Inherited Hypernyms:cheeseparing
Similar to:stingy ungenerous
adj satadj.allvery close in resemblanceSynset:approximate
Examples:- sketched in an approximate likeness
- a near likeness
Antonyms:distant
Inherited Hypernyms:approximate
Similar to:close
advadv.all(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all butSynset:about almost most nearly nigh virtually well-nigh
Examples:- the job is (just) about done
- the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded
- we're almost finished
- the car all but ran her down
- he nearly fainted
- talked for nigh onto 2 hours
- the recording is well-nigh perfect
- virtually all the parties signed the contract
- I was near exhausted by the run
- most everyone agrees
Inherited Hypernyms:about