Synonyms for nearer
near·er

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1. nearer, nigher, closeradverb

   (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

   "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation"

   Synonyms:
   closer, nigher

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1. List of paraphrases for "nearer":

   nearest, closest, closer

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1. Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville:

   Whoever has inhabited the United States must have perceived that in those parts of the Union in which the Negroes are no longer slaves the have in no wise drawn nearer to the whites. On the contrary, the prejudice of race appears to be stronger in the states that have abolished slavery than those where it still exists and nowhere is it intolerant as in those states where servitude has never been known.

2. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom:

   Each year brings us nearer to the Wiedersehen [reunion with the dead], though it is sad to think how one's glass is running out, & how little good goes with it, compared to the numberless blessings we receive. Time goes incredibly fast.

3. Cicero:

   Can anything be more absurd than that the nearer we are to our journeys end, we should lay in the more provision for it?

4. Proverb:

   The nearer the minster the later to mass.

5. Herbert Hoover:

   In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.