English Words: N

The goalpost nearest from which a cross is made.

A region of the Earth's (or another planet's) atmosphere or exosphere which is near outer space:

Risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety.

A close call, a close shave, a close thing

A word that is nearly an antonym, when an antonym is defined strictly by complete negation or polar oppositeness. (Many reference works use a looser definition of antonym that lumps these words into the single category of antonyms; some make the more rigorous distinction.)

A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.

Having almost the entire population restricted to a certain region.

A wrestling maneuver where shoulders are pinned to the mat for between one and two seconds. Alternatively a two second approach of shoulders to within two inches of the mat also counts for scoring.

close to mint; near mint

Nearly native; close to be seen as indigenous to a particular habitat.

myopic, suffering from myopia

Alternative form of nearsightedness.

short-term

An everyday item fitted with a small wireless computing device that can broadcast digital data, providing information to nearby mobile devices about its location, state, and surroundings.

Near, nearly, almost.

Synonym of nearabout.

just about; almost

Adjacent, near, close by.

A vacation to a destination relatively close to one's home.

A certain officer of Alexander the Great.

One of the major ecozones of the world, covering most of the North American continent.

Less distant; comparative form of near: more near.

superlative form of near: most near

Closest, most intimate.

Alternative spelling of near-fall.

Nearby; close at hand; nigh; adjacent.

A surname from German.

Somewhat near

comparative form of nearly: more nearly; more closely.

superlative form of nearly: most nearly; most closely.

Having a level of availability somewhere between online and offline, typically using removable media.

The quality of nearly being something, or nearly reaching a point; incomplete state.

Nearly; almost; all but.

Alternative form of nearling (“nearly”).

In close approximation; almost, virtually.

A man who fails to achieve the success or status that he might potentially have had.

Somebody expected to die soon; an elderly person.

Alternative spelling of nearliness.

A person who is engaged to be married.

nearest

The state of being near; closeness; intimacy.

third-person singular simple present indicative of near

The region extending seaward from the shoreline.

The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.

In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.

The property of being nearsighted, myopia.

An ethical theory which prioritizes improving the conditions of the present and near future, rather than thinking about the distant future (as in longtermism).

A believer or follower of neartermism.

pseudarthrosis

Work that requires visual focus on something located close to the worker's eyes.