nearness
nearness noun: the state of being near; closeness; intimacy.
Noun
nearness (usually uncountable, plural nearnesses)
- The state of being near; closeness; intimacy.
- Stinginess.
nearness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nearness in Hindi
- nearness, proximity, closeness
- समीपता samīptā, निकटता nikaṭtā
nearness in Tamil
- நெருக்கமான, நெருங்கிய, அருகில், கால அணிமையில்
nearness in Marathi
- nearness, closeness
- जवळीक javaḷīka
- nearness, proximity, contiguity
- सामीप्य sāmīpya
- nearness, proximity, vicinity
- सान्निध्य sānnidhya
nearness in Urdu
- nearness; closeness
- نزدیکی nazdīkī
More languagesFewer languages
- nearness in Telugu
- సరస sarasa, దండ daṇḍa, సమీపము samīpamu, దగ్గర daggara
- nearness in Malayalam
- അടുപ്പം, അഭ്യഗ്രം, അണ്ട, അടുത്തിരിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥിതി
- nearness in Kannada
- ಸಾಮೀಪ್ಯ sāmīpya, ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ saṃsthāna
- nearness in Punjabi
- ਨੇੜ neṛ
- nearness in Odia
- ପାଖ pākha, ମୂଳ muḷa
- nearness in Sanskrit
- उपान्त upāntá
Synonyms of nearness
Antonyms
Forms of nearness
| plural | nearnesses |
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Origin of nearness
From Middle English nernes, equivalent to near + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian nearens (“nearness”).
Questions about nearness
- What does nearness mean?
- Nearness means the state of being near; closeness; intimacy.
- What is nearness in Hindi?
- Nearness in Hindi is समीपता (samīptā), निकटता (nikaṭtā). See Nearness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nearness?
- Nearness is a noun.
- What is the plural of nearness?
- The plural of nearness is nearnesses.
Words near nearness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nearness (page history and authors); निकटता (Hindi) (page history and authors); nearness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जवळीक (Marathi) (page history and authors); نزدیکی (Urdu) (page history and authors); అండ (Telugu) (page history and authors); nearness (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਨੇੜ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ପାଖ (Odia) (page history and authors); उपान्त (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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