Nigh

Adjective

 * 1)  near, close by, almost
 * The end is nigh!

Synonyms

 * close
 * close by
 * close to
 * near

Related terms

 * near
 * next
 * neighbor

Verb

 * 1)  To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.

Adverb

 * 1) almost, nearly
 * Achieving the summit in a single day is well-nigh impossible.

Derived terms

 * well-nigh
 * nigh-well

Preposition

 * 1) near; close to
 * When the Moon is horned ... is it not ever nigh the Sun?

Thesaurus
about, all but, almost, along toward, approach, approaching, approximate, approximating, arm-in-arm, around, as good as, aside, at close quarters, at hand, at next hand, beside, bordering on, burning, by, cheek-by-jowl, circa, close, close about, close at hand, close by, close to, close upon, closely, come near, converge, counterclockwise, draw near, draw nigh, fast by, hand-in-hand, hard, hard by, hard on, hereabout, hereabouts, hot, immediate, in spitting distance, intimate, just about, larboard, left, left-hand, left-wing, left-wingish, levorotatory, liberal, near, near at hand, near the mark, near to, near upon, nearabout, nearabouts, nearby, nearing, nearish, nearly, next door to, nigh about, nighhand, nighish, not far, not far from, not quite, only a step, port, pretty near, propinque, proximal, proximate, radical, round, side-by-side, sinister, sinistral, sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular, sinistrogyrate, sinistrorse, thereabout, thereabouts, verging on, verging upon, vicinal, warm, well-nigh, within call, within earshot, within hearing, within reach

Etymology
neah:, neh:, from.

Adjective

 * Croatian: blizu, u blizini
 * Dutch: dichtbij, nabij, naderbij
 * Finnish:
 * German: nahe, nah bei
 * Greek:


 * Lithuanian: arti, šalia
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: cerca de
 * Swedish: nära, när


 * : perto, próximo, quase

Verb

 * Bulgarian: доближавам се, приближавам се


 * French:

Adverb

 * German: ,

Verb

 * 1) to wash

Pronunciation

 * or

Verb

 * 1) to wash, bathe