List of antonyms from "nearby" to antonyms from "nebulous"


Discover our 508 antonyms available for the terms "nearly all, neatest, nearings, nearest, nebs" and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the antonyms associated with it.

Definition of the day : « nears »

  • As in : noun short distance
  • As in approach : verb come nearer
  • As in approximate : verb come close
  • As in loom : verb appear, often imposingly
  • As in rival : verb oppose; be a match for
  • As in bear down : verb close in on
  • As in border on : verb come close to; approximate
  • As in come : verb advance, approach
  • As in go : verb advance, proceed physically
Example sentences :
  • “Signalise her to heave-to when she nears us,” said Captain Lascelles.
  • Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Still it hurries onward, with velocity augmented, as it nears its term.
  • Extract from : « Western Characters » by J. L. McConnel
  • One of a woman's frequent failings is shifting the reins as she nears a jump.
  • Extract from : « How Women Should Ride » by C. De Hurst
  • As one nears the goal of one's pilgrimage, the way is marked by stations of the cross.
  • Extract from : « Tyrol and its People » by Clive Holland
  • He knows your ship; so soon as it nears one island, he is off to another.
  • Extract from : « In the South Seas » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • As he nears the battery the Louisiana color-bearer falls dead.
  • Extract from : « The Little Lady of Lagunitas » by Richard Henry Savage
  • Aided by demagogues, the rule of the "Roughs" nears its culmination.
  • Extract from : « The Little Lady of Lagunitas » by Richard Henry Savage
  • Who then, tell me, old and sad, Nears us with a heavy tread?
  • Extract from : « Songs of Labor and Other Poems » by Morris Rosenfeld
  • He nears--he reaches--they are side by side; Now one--now th' other--by a length the victor.
  • Extract from : « Mosaics of Grecian History » by Marcius Willson
  • When she nears the wharf Jenks will haul his tops'l to set her aback.
  • Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn