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nighadjective not being distant in time, space, or significancethe end is nigh close, close-up, immediate, near, nearby, neighboring, next-door, proximate abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, contiguousapproaching, coming, forthcoming, oncoming, upcomingaccessible, convenient, handyclose-in, hand-to-hand at hand, to hand away, deep, distant, far, faraway, far-off, remote divorced, removed, separated nighadverbat, within, or to a short distance or timehave worked for them for nigh on 10 years around, by, close, hard, in, near, nearby hereabouts(or hereabout), hereaway(or hereaways, dialect), thereabouts(also thereabout)along, alongsideaccessibly, conveniently, handily at close quarters, at hand, on one's doorstep, within call very close to but not completelyhe has nigh completed his degree about, all but, almost, borderline, fair(chiefly British), fairly, feckly(chiefly Scottish), more or less, most, much, near, nearly, next to, practically, somewhere, virtually, well-nigh appreciably, by and large, chiefly, largely, mainly, mostlykind of, partially, partly, somewhat as good as, just about, pretty much, within an inch of absolutely, altogether, completely, entirely, fully, plain, plumb(chiefly dialect), quite, thoroughlytotally, utterly, well, whollybarely, hardly, scarcely nighprepositionclose toa field nigh the church about, around, by, near, next to alongside, besideacross, along, atcircatoward(or towards) next door to nighverbto come near or neareras the hour of his death was nighing approach, belly up, close, close in, come up, draw on, near arrive, attain, come, gain, hit, land, make, reach, show up, turn up, waltz (up)creep up, sneak upadjoin, border, touch, verge back (up or away), recede, retire, retreat, withdraw clear out, depart, exit, go, leave, light out, pull out, quit, remove, run away, shove (off), take off, walk out to move closer toas the old man was nighing his hour of death advance, approach, come, near drop in, enter, pop (in) go, recede (from), retreat, withdraw depart, exit, leave before the 12th century |