nearest

Meanings

adjective

superlativesuperlative form of near: most near
Where is the nearest bus stop?
1 more example
I calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars.
Synonyms: closest

preposition

Closest to.
Mercury is the planet nearest the Sun.
1 more example
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

adverb(superlative of ‘near’ or ‘close’) within the shortest distance

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry

APA

nearest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nearest

MLA

“nearest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nearest. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nearest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nearest.

Source: nearest on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.