nigh
The word “nigh” has 1 syllable: nigh
It's pronounced as /naɪ/
What is synonym and antonym for nigh?
In the thesaurus, “nigh” has 103 synonyms and 42 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for nigh along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for nigh
- about
- abutting
- accessible
- accessibly
- across
- adjacent
- adjoin
- adjoining
- advance
- all but
- almost
- along
- alongside
- appreciably
- approach
- approaching
- around
- arrive
- as good as
- at
- at close quarters
- at hand
- attain
- belly up
- beside
- border
- bordering
- borderline
- by
- by and large
- chiefly
- circa
- close
- close in
- close-in
- close-up
- come
- come up
- coming
- contiguous
- convenient
- conveniently
- creep up
- draw on
- drop in
- enter
- fair
- fairly
- feckly
- forthcoming
- gain
- hand-to-hand
- handily
- handy
- hard
- hereabout
- hereabouts
- hereaway
- hereaways
- hit
- immediate
- in
- just about
- kind of
- land
- largely
- mainly
- make
- more or less
- most
- mostly
- much
- near
- nearby
- nearly
- neighboring
- next door to
- next to
- next-door
- oncoming
- partially
- partly
- practically
- pretty much
- proximate
- reach
- show up
- sneak up
- somewhat
- somewhere
- thereabout
- thereabouts
- to hand
- touch
- toward
- towards
- turn up
- upcoming
- verge
- virtually
- well-nigh
- within an inch of
- within call
Antonyms for nigh
- absolutely
- altogether
- away
- barely
- clear out
- completely
- deep
- depart
- distant
- divorced
- entirely
- exit
- far
- far-off
- faraway
- fully
- go
- hardly
- leave
- light out
- plain
- plumb
- pull out
- quit
- quite
- recede
- remote
- remove
- removed
- retire
- retreat
- run away
- scarcely
- separated
- take off
- thoroughly
- totally
- utterly
- walk out
- well
- wholly
- withdraw
Meanings of nigh
- verb
- To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
- adjective
- Near, close by.
- Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
- adverb
- Almost, nearly.
- preposition
- Near; close to.
Example Sentences
- The end of the year is nigh, and everyone is preparing for the holidays.
- As nightfall grew nigh, the hikers quickened their pace.
- The moment of truth is nigh, and there’s no turning back now.
- War is nigh in the troubled region.
- When danger is nigh, you must stay alert and ready.
On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nigh, such as: about, absolutely, abutting, accessible, accessibly, across, adjacent.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
ultraconvenient
- abutting
- accessible
- adjacent
- adjoining
- approachable
- attainable
- close
- convenient
- getatable
- handy
- near
- nearby
- nigh
- obtainable
- reachable
about
- abroad
- across
- adjacent
- afloat
- after a fashion
- all but
- all over
- almost
- along
- alongside
- any which way
- anyhow
- appreciably
- approximately
- apropos
- apropos of
- around
- aroused
- as concerns
- as far as
- as for
- as good as
- as regards
- as respects
- as to
- astir
- at
- athwart
- awake
- awakened
- aware
- back
- backward
- backwards
- behind
- beside
- borderline
- by
- by and large
- chiefly
- circa
- concerning
- conscious
- counter
- counterclockwise
- dealing with
- down
- downward
- downwards
- encircling
- everyplace
- everywhere
- fair
- fairly
- far and wide
- feckly
- generally
- here and there
- hereabout
- hereabouts
- high and low
- in connection with
- in general
- in regard to
- in relation to
- in respect to
- in reverse
- in the ball park
- in the neighborhood
- in view of
- insomniac
- just about
- kind of
- largely
- like
- loosely
- mainly
- more or less
- most
- mostly
- much
- near
- nearby
- nearly
- next door to
- next to
- nigh
- nominally
- obversely
- of
- on
- over
- partially
- partly
- passim
- plus or minus
- practically
- pretty much
- pretty nearly
- rearward
- rearwards
- reawakened
- referring to
- regarding
- relative to
- respecting
- reversely
- revived
- right and left
- roughly
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- roused
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- sleepless
- some
- somewhat
- somewhere
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- throughout
- touching
- touching on
- toward
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- ubiquitously
- up
- virtually
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- wakened
- well-nigh
- widdershins
- wide-awake
- with regard to
- with respect to
- withershins
- within an inch of
fair
- Junoesque
- OK
- abluted
- about
- aboveboard
- absolute
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- accurate
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- aesthetic
- aesthetical
- all but
- all right
- all-out
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- almost
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- antiseptic
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- as good as
- ash-blond
- ash-blonde
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- auction
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- balanced
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- bazaar
- beamish
- beauteous
- beautiful
- benevolent
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- blanched
- blank
- bleached
- blond
- blonde
- blondish
- blooming
- bodacious
- bonnie
- bonny
- borderline
- bright
- bullish
- by and large
- calm
- candid
- categoric
- categorical
- celebration
- centennial
- chalky
- charming
- chaste
- cheering
- chiefly
- chocolate-box
- civil
- clarion
- classic
- clean
- cleanly
- cleansed
- clear
- clement
- cloudless
- colorless
- comely
- comforting
- common
- commonplace
- competent
- complete
- condign
- confident
- confirmed
- constant
- consummate
- correct
- courteous
- crashing
- creamy
- cunning
- cute
- dainty
- damn
- damned
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- definite
- delicate
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- dollish
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- due
- elegant
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- encouraging
- endless
- engaging
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- eternal
- ethical
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- evenhanded
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- exposition
- exquisite
- extraordinary
- extravaganza
- extreme
- eye-catching
- faded
- fair-haired
- fair-skinned
- fairish
- fairly
- fascinating
- favorable
- feckly
- festival
- fetching
- fete
- fine
- fit
- fitting
- flamboyant
- flashy
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- flat-out
- flawless
- flaxen
- flaxen-haired
- forthright
- foxy
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- frightful
- gala
- generous
- gentle
- genuine
- germfree
- glamorous
- glamourous
- glorious
- glossy
- gold
- golden
- good
- good-looking
- goodly
- gorgeous
- habitual
- halcyon
- handsome
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- high-mindedly
- honest
- honorable
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- hopeful
- hopeless
- horrible
- hot
- huge
- hunky
- hygienic
- immaculate
- impartial
- indifferent
- intermediate
- inveterate
- irreproachable
- just
- just about
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- knockout
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- light
- likely
- lovely
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- magnificent
- main
- mainly
- market
- mean
- mediocre
- medium
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- merited
- middling
- mild
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- minimal
- moderate
- modest
- moral
- morally
- more or less
- most
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- much
- near
- nearly
- neutral
- next to
- nice
- nigh
- nobly
- nonpartisan
- not bad
- nubile
- objective
- observance
- occasion
- ocherous
- ochreous
- offering
- okay
- on the level
- on the up and up
- open
- optimistic
- ordinary
- out-and-out
- outright
- pageant
- pale
- pale-faced
- paled
- palish
- pallid
- partially
- partly
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- pasty
- peaceful
- peaked
- peaky
- pearly
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- personable
- photogenic
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- positive
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- presentation
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- pretty
- pretty good
- pretty much
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- pristine
- production
- profound
- promising
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- pure
- purified
- radiant
- rainless
- rank
- rational
- ravishing
- real
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- requisite
- respectable
- resplendent
- rhadamanthine
- right
- righteous
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- roseate
- rosy
- run-of-mine
- run-of-the-mill
- run-of-the-mine
- sale
- sallow
- sallowish
- sandy
- sanitary
- satisfactory
- scrubbed
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- second-class
- second-rate
- seductive
- seemly
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- sexy
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- shiny
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- silvery
- simple
- sincere
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- snazzy
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- so-so
- somewhat
- somewhere
- soothing
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- spectacle
- spic-and-span
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- splashy
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- sportsmanlike
- sportsmanly
- spotless
- square
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- stark
- statuesque
- sterile
- stone
- straight
- straight-out
- straightforward
- straw
- strawberry blond
- strawberry blonde
- strict
- striking
- stringent
- studly
- stunning
- sublime
- sufficient
- sufficing
- suitable
- sunny
- sunshiny
- superb
- superlative
- supreme
- sure
- surpassing
- taintless
- taking
- tawny
- telegenic
- temperate
- terrible
- terrific
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- tolerable
- toothsome
- total
- tow-haired
- tow-headed
- towheaded
- tranquil
- true
- trustworthy
- unadulterated
- unalloyed
- unbiased
- unblemished
- unclouded
- uncolored
- uncompromising
- unconditional
- uncorrupted
- undarkened
- undefiled
- undying
- unexceptional
- unhesitating
- unimpeachable
- unmitigated
- unpolluted
- unprejudiced
- unqualified
- unremitting
- unrestricted
- unsoiled
- unstained
- unsullied
- untainted
- unthreatening
- up to standard
- upbeat
- upright
- usual
- utter
- veritable
- very
- virtually
- virtuous
- wan
- warranted
- washed
- well-favored
- well-nigh
- white
- whitened
- whitish
- wholesome
- within an inch of
- zingy
fairly
- a bit
- a little
- a mite
- a tad
- a touch
- about
- acceptably
- adequately
- after a sort
- all but
- almost
- appreciably
- as good as
- averagely
- borderline
- by and large
- chiefly
- clean
- cleanly
- decently
- deservedly
- enough
- equitably
- ethically
- fair
- feckly
- half
- halfway
- high-mindedly
- honestly
- honorably
- impartially
- incompletely
- just about
- kind of
- kindly
- largely
- legally
- like
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- mainly
- moderately
- morally
- more or less
- most
- mostly
- much
- near
- nearly
- negligibly
- next to
- nigh
- nobly
- nominally
- objectively
- of a sort
- of sorts
- part
- partially
- partly
- partway
- passably
- practically
- pretty
- pretty much
- pretty well
- properly
- quite
- rather
- ratherish
- reasonably
- relatively
- slightly
- so-so
- some
- something
- somewhat
- somewhere
- sort of
- to a degree
- tolerably
- vaguely
- virtually
- well-nigh
- within an inch of
- without favor
- without fear
mainly
- about
- above all
- altogether
- approximately
- basically
- broadly
- by and large
- chiefly
- commonly
- essentially
- first and foremost
- frequently
- generally
- in general
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- incompletely
- largely
- more or less
- most
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- next to
- nigh
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- ordinarily
- overall
- partially
- partly
- plus or minus
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- predominantly
- primarily
- principally
- rather
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- substantially
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- typically
- usually
- virtually
- well-nigh