Definition for Nigh:

• Near: almost.

Synonyms for Nigh:

• adj.

  •close (adjective)
  • next,
  • under one's nose,
  • nearly,
  • across the street,
  • hard by,
  • nearest,
  • abutting,
  • around the corner,
  • give or take a little,
  • in the ball park,
  • near-at-hand,
  • impending,
  • in spitting distance,
  • warm,
  • contiguous,
  • handy.
  •coming (adjective)
  • foreseen,
  • fated,
  • advancing,
  • anticipated,
  • converging,
  • instant,
  • oncoming,
  • aspiring,
  • prospective,
  • future,
  • about to happen,
  • certain,
  • docking,
  • pursuing,
  • due,
  • deserving,
  • almost on one,
  • predestined,
  • up-and-coming,
  • Preparing,
  • Progressing,
  • Nearing,
  • expected,
  • marked,
  • en route,
  • subsequent,
  • eventual,
  • ordained,
  • forthcoming.
  •convenient (adjective)
  • central,
  • accessible,
  • within reach,
  • on tap,
  • available.
  •immediate (adjective)
  • firsthand,
  • direct,
  • recent,
  • primary.
  •imminent (adjective)
  • most gathering,
  • on horizon,
  • more gathering,
  • un-avoidable,
  • more brewing,
  • in-evitable,
  • in cards,
  • most handwriting on the wall,
  • most inevasible,
  • most brewing,
  • more fast approaching,
  • more unescapable,
  • un-escapable,
  • more overhanging,
  • un avoidable,
  • in evitable,
  • over-hanging,
  • overhanging,
  • un escapable,
  • more fast-approaching,
  • most fast approaching,
  • more handwriting on the wall,
  • most fast-approaching,
  • most overhanging,
  • more fastapproaching,
  • more handwriting-on-the-wall,
  • over hanging,
  • most handwriting-on-the-wall,
  • fast approaching,
  • fastapproaching,
  • most fastapproaching,
  • more inevasible,
  • in air,
  • most unescapable,
  • in escapable,
  • in-escapable,
  • on verge.
  •near (adjective)
  • at close quarters,
  • approximal,
  • not remote,
  • approaching,
  • side-by-side,
  • in close proximity,
  • close-at-hand,
  • vincinal,
  • close shave,
  • hair breadth,
  • within stone's throw,
  • along toward,
  • hair's breadth.
  •nigh (adjective)
  • adjacent,
  • about,
  • neighboring,
  • at hand.
  •practically (adjective)
  • more approximately,
  • most about,
  • more basically,
  • more essentially,
  • more virtually,
  • more morally,
  • most fundamentally,
  • most virtually,
  • most essentially,
  • most morally,
  • more about,
  • more fundamentally,
  • most well-nigh,
  • most basically,
  • more wellnigh,
  • most well nigh,
  • most wellnigh,
  • for all intents purposes,
  • more well-nigh,
  • for intents purposes,
  • more well nigh,
  • for intents and purposes,
  • for all intents and purposes,
  • most approximately.

• adv

  •almost (adverb)
  • for practical purposes.

• adv.

  •almost (adverb)
  • in effect,
  • essentially,
  • nigh,
  • well-nigh,
  • not far from,
  • wellnigh,
  • on the edge of,
  • relatively,
  • on the point of,
  • close to,
  • much,
  • near to,
  • on the brink of,
  • around,
  • pretty near,
  • just about,
  • roughly,
  • not quite,
  • in the neighborhood of,
  • on the verge of,
  • substantially,
  • about to,
  • bordering on,
  • approximately,
  • for all practical purposes,
  • as good as,
  • for the greatest part,
  • virtually,
  • close upon,
  • in the vicinity of,
  • within sight of.
  •beside (adverb)
  • be side,
  • at one elbow,
  • over-looking,
  • be-side,
  • at ones elbow,
  • at side of,
  • neck neck,
  • close hand,
  • at edge of,
  • at elbow.
  •most (adverb)
  • in majority,
  • in the majority,
  • sur-passingly,
  • sur passingly.

• adv. & prep.

  •beside (adverb, preposition)
  • adjoining,
  • side by side,
  • opposite,
  • alongside,
  • neck and neck,
  • abreast of,
  • cheek by jowl,
  • aside,
  • overlooking,
  • round.

• n.

  •
  • hard.
  •all but (noun)
  • all but.
  •left (noun)
  • left.

• prep.

  •by (preposition)
  • along,
  • past,
  • over.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • proximate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • essential,
  • append,
  • violently,
  • nearabout,
  • larboard,
  • thickly,
  • fine,
  • coarsely,
  • thereabout,
  • intimate,
  • at next hand,
  • closelipped,
  • approach,
  • capable,
  • come to,
  • draw near,
  • at,
  • within earshot,
  • heated,
  • adjoin,
  • animal,
  • cheeseparing,
  • some,
  • correspond,
  • good,
  • quite,
  • close-fitting,
  • proximity,
  • secretive,
  • hot,
  • tightly,
  • delicious,
  • related,
  • drawing close,
  • sinister,
  • sinistral,
  • snug,
  • accuracy,
  • tight,
  • or so,
  • kin,
  • affect,
  • stock,
  • put in,
  • coterminous,
  • strictly,
  • vicinity,
  • excellent,
  • threatening,
  • acquiesce,
  • Against,
  • vicinage,
  • comprehend,
  • cohere,
  • fill,
  • attach,
  • rudely,
  • bordering,
  • conform to,
  • gate,
  • approximate to,
  • folk,
  • exactly,
  • shortly,
  • neighborhood,
  • thereabouts,
  • gender,
  • catch,
  • accede,
  • confining,
  • rather,
  • nice,
  • airless,
  • penny-pinching,
  • During,
  • unaired,
  • adapt,
  • close up,
  • Toward,
  • soon,
  • hand in hand,
  • enclose,
  • kinsfolk,
  • hereabout,
  • intimately,
  • abut,
  • unevenly,
  • left-hand,
  • left-wing,
  • adhere,
  • come,
  • Upon,
  • superior,
  • stuffy,
  • introduce,
  • neighbourhood,
  • come near,
  • levorotatory,
  • tightness,
  • dear,
  • insert,
  • near upon,
  • add,
  • agree,
  • scarcely,
  • really,
  • present,
  • radical,
  • brute,
  • converge,
  • counterclockwise,
  • momentary,
  • burning,
  • next to,
  • Approximating,
  • Of,
  • attached,
  • propinquity,
  • meet,
  • liberal,
  • say,
  • efficient,
  • bind,
  • verging upon,
  • closely,
  • hereabouts,
  • partake,
  • skinny,
  • upwards of,
  • closer,
  • tightlipped,
  • hardly,
  • vicinal,
  • sinistrocerebral,
  • conterminous,
  • see,
  • region,
  • creature,
  • not far,
  • beast,
  • arm-in-arm,
  • feckly,
  • closemouthed,
  • harshly,
  • menacing,
  • doorway,
  • narrow,
  • district,
  • closeness,
  • on the brink,
  • on,
  • split,
  • accost,
  • fast by,
  • house,
  • narrowly,
  • clan,
  • fairly,
  • greatly,
  • ready,
  • sinistrorse,
  • Looming,
  • fit,
  • highly,
  • home,
  • literally,
  • faithful,
  • sinistrocular,
  • Family,
  • able,
  • Among,
  • port,
  • understand,
  • approximate,
  • apprehend,
  • accommodate,
  • cleave,
  • very,
  • door.

Paraphrases for Nigh:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    virtually, near.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    close, closest.
  • Adverb
    almost, virtually, nearly, hardly, scarcely.

Antonyms for Nigh:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    disjoined, right, detached, far, divorced, deep, separated, faraway, away, distant, removed, separate, remote, far-off, disconnected.

Nigh Sentence Examples:

• But this one was already climbed nigh to the window, so I followed, and choking him a little, brought him in.

• And so time ran on, and nigh to Christmas day my father came home.

Homophones for Nigh:

• newsy, nonsuch, nassau, nox, nausea, no-go, nesokia, niece, nexus, ngwee, nazi, nook, NUWC, NAC, nagi, nonionic, naumachia, Neem Cake, numinous, naumachy, newness, noesis, nash, nec, nemesis, nisus, nonechoic, naga, noisy, NIJ, nones, neo jazz, non-issue, nix, non-jew, no-show, nonce, Nicaea, nanning, neck, nasa, nsu, ninigi, nyse, nacho, ninja, New Mexico, nous, nj, noyes, naja, nung, neosho, nowise, nookie, nisi, nuance, numenius, neigh, nancy, neomys, nike, nigga, nosh, nosy, naiki, new jazz, nessie, NOC, nyx, nosey, news, ngu, NSA, nooky, noose, negus, nainsook, news show, niche, NSWC, nonage, nose, NSW, nan-ning, nice, nasua, nanak, NGO, nageia, nanus, nyssa, nuke, nyssaceae, nagasaki, Nye, nusku, nicosia, nock, nauch, NIE, nowness, noxious, nameko, noguchi, najas, nsc, nance, names, noise, Nga, nag, naze, namesake, nick, nyamwezi, ness, nauseous, nuncio, nosegay, ng, nagoya, naqua, naias, nonesuch, nicu, nc, naming, nucha, Naja Haje, nog.