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Definition of nearness : The state or quality of being near; - used in the various senses of the adjective.

Synonyms:

parsimoniousness, contiguity, familiarity, approach, intimacy, secretiveness, niggardliness, imminence, minginess, niggardness, distance, propinquity, tightfistedness, similarity, loom, likeness, coming, tightness, friendship, menace, resemblance, affection, stuffiness, admiration, meanness, threat, parsimony, approximation, convergence, remoteness

juxtaposition, neighborhood, closeness, adjacency, proximity, vicinity, verge

Usage examples:

• The finishing charm of Luchon is its nearness to the great peaks. - "A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees", Edwin Asa Dix.
• He grew hot and cold in turns with the excitement of her nearness. - "The Northern Iron 1907", George A. Birmingham.
• Everything seemed very still, so that although we were several miles from the railway line, when presently a train sped on its way one might have supposed, from the apparent nearness of the sound, that the track was no farther off than the grounds of Cray's Folly. - "Bat Wing", Sax Rohmer.