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near

How many syllables in near?

  1 syllable

Divide near into syllables:   near
Syllable stress:   near
How to pronounce near:   neer
How to say near:

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Synonyms for near


1 syllable
  • by
  • like
  • there
  • close
  • reach
  • to
2 syllables
  • all but
  • approach
  • close by
  • handy
  • nearby
  • nearing
  • next to
  • present
  • touch on
  • verge on
  • almost
  • around
  • close to
  • hard by
  • nearest
  • nearly
  • not quite
  • to hand
  • toward
3 syllables
  • adjoining
  • border on
  • come close to
  • draw near to
  • go up to
  • just about
  • resembling
4 syllables
  • on the verge of
  • similar to
5 syllables
  • in the neighborhood
    6 syllables
    • in close proximity
    • in the vicinity
    • in the neighborhood of
    7 syllables
    • in close proximity to
    • in the vicinity of
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    What rhymes with near

    1 syllable
    • beer
    • bier
    • cere
    • clear
    • deer
    • drear
    • fear
    • fleer
    • gear
    • gere
    • here
    • kier
    • leer
    • mere
    • neer
    • pier
    • queered
    • schmear
    • sere
    • sheer
    • smear
    • spear
    • speer
    • sphere
    • tear
    • tier
    • veer
    • weir
    • year
    • bere
    • blear
    • cheer
    • dear
    • Deere
    • ear
    • fere
    • frere
    • geer
    • hear
    • jeer
    • lear
    • mear
    • mir
    • peer
    • queer
    • rear
    • sear
    • shear
    • skirr
    • sneer
    • Speer
    • speir
    • steer
    • teer
    • Tyr
    • we're
    • wier
    2 syllables
    • adhere
    • appear
    • bashir
    • cashier
    • emir
    • geerah
    • Lanier
    • Pierre
    • premiere
    • reindeer
    • Samir
    • severe
    • shearbill
    • smearcase
    • Trier
    • veneer
    • wazir
    • amir
    • austere
    • career
    • deare
    • frontier
    • inhere
    • Meir
    • premier
    • rehear
    • revere
    • seer
    • shamir
    • sincere
    • teerer
    • unclear
    • vizier
    • Zaire
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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