Definition for Nearby:

• close at hand; " the nearby towns"; " concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"

Synonyms for Nearby:

• adj.

  •adjoining (adjective)
  • proximate,
  • close-by,
  • close,
  • ready,
  • adjacent,
  • close-at-hand.
  •approaching (adjective)
  • coming,
  • approaching,
  • advancing,
  • Looming,
  • expected,
  • impending,
  • forthcoming,
  • closing,
  • imminent,
  • converging.
  •contiguous (adjective)
  • approximal,
  • near-at-hand,
  • Contactual,
  • juxtapositional,
  • juxtaposed.
  •immediate (adjective)
  • most proximal,
  • re-cent,
  • more proximal,
  • re cent,
  • recent.

• adv

  •around (adverb)
  • close at hand.
  •thereabout (adverb)
  • in neighborhood,
  • in the vicinity,
  • in the neighborhood.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • nearby.
  •around (adverb)
  • close hand.
  •aside (adverb)
  • neck neck,
  • out way,
  • in reserve,
  • out of way,
  • out,
  • out the way.
  •beside (adverb)
  • over-looking,
  • at elbow,
  • at edge of,
  • close up on,
  • at side of,
  • at ones elbow,
  • be-side,
  • be side,
  • at one elbow.
  •regionally (adverb)
  • locally.
  •thereabout (adverb)
  • just about,
  • thereabout.
  •within reach (adverb)
  • at close quarters,
  • not far away.

• adv. & prep.

  •beside (adverb, preposition)
  • over looking.

• n.

  •
  • nigh,
  • next to.
  •
  • convenient,
  • handy.
  •
  • hard.

• prep.

  •circa (preposition)
  • in region of.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hereabouts,
  • connected,
  • nearly,
  • neighbouring,
  • together,
  • immediately,
  • interlocking,
  • coterminous,
  • thereabouts,
  • level,
  • NR,
  • alongside,
  • neighbor,
  • abreast,
  • huddled,
  • attached,
  • warm,
  • adjoining,
  • united.
  •
  • accessible,
  • Toward,
  • closely,
  • off.
  •
  • at,
  • Against.
  •adjacent
  • side by side.
  •close to
  • in and about or around.

Paraphrases for Nearby:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    close, closest, neighbourhood, neighbour, outlying, near-earth, neighbours, proximate, foreseeable, forthcoming, imminent, immediate, next, recent, local.
  • Noun, plural
    borders.
  • Adverb
    close, nearly, neighbour, away, neighbours, closer, closely, almost, next, soon.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    nearer, neighbouring, adjoining, contiguous, near.
  • Proper noun, singular
    near.
  • Adverb
    near.

Antonyms for Nearby:

• adj.

  • adjoining
    far, faraway.
  • Other antonyms:
    distant, separated, divorced, far-off, removed, away, deep, remote.

Nearby Sentence Examples:

• With the town nearby and almost certainly having heard their signals to each other.

• Just then, apparently disturbed by the sounds of the fight, some person came to a nearby window with a lighted lamp.

Homophones for Nearby:

• nerve, nureyev, nerva, nervi, nairobi, nervy.