What does nearest mean?
Nearest means superlative form of near: most near.
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/ˈnɪəɹɪst/ · adjective
superlative form of near: most near.
Where is the nearest bus stop?
I calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars.
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[…]
Use nearest when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nearest means superlative form of near: most near.
Common synonyms include closest, close, near, nighest.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Where is the nearest bus stop?
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