Dictionary

nearest en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˈnɪəɹɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈnɪɹɪst/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (form-of, superlative) superlative form of near: most near
   form of near
   • Where is the nearest bus stop?
   • I calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars.

Deriveds

nearest and dearest · crocodile nearest the canoe

Synonyms

closest

nearest en · ADP

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˈnɪəɹɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈnɪɹɪst/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. Closest to.
   • Mercury is the planet nearest the Sun.
   • Fastening one end of this at that point of the trunk of the tree which was nearest the peg, he unrolled it till it reached the peg and thence further unrolled it, in the direction already established by the two points of the tree and the peg, for the distance of fifty feet[…] 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug: