nearness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *nearness*:
NOUN	attribute	nearness, closeness	the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance

English > *nearness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance.
Synonym	closeness
Narrower	adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness	The attribute of being so near as to be touching
Narrower	proximity, propinquity	The property of being close together
Broader	distance	The property created by the space between two objects or points
Opposite	farness, remoteness, farawayness	The property of being remote
Spanish	aproximación, cercanía, proximidad, vecindad
Catalan	proximitat, rodalies, voltants
Adjectives	near	not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances

HyperDic: nearness