| Near |
| Anear |
| Nearby |
| Almost |
| At hand |
| Looming |
| Hard by |
| Close by |
| Imminent |
| Close ... |
| Virtually |
| Impending |
| Just about |
| Close (to) |
| Near, once |
| Almost here |
| Coming soon |
| Not far off |
| Practically |
| Approaching |
| Nearly here |
| Not distant |
| Near at hand |
| In the offing |
| Poetic adverb |
| Expected soon |
| Close at hand |
| On the horizon |
| Soon to happen |
| In propinquity |
| Near, to bards |
| Near, in poesy |
| Almost upon us |
| Near, quaintly |
| In the vicinity |
| Near, to a poet |
| About to happen |
| Near, in poetry |
| Near, poetically |
| Nearby, in poems |
| Practically here |
| Almost, in poems |
| At hand, in verse |
| Close by, to poets |
| Close by, in poems |
| Close by, in verse |
| Close, as "the end |
| Close by, old-style |
| Almost, to the Bard |
| Close by, in poetry |
| Close by, poetically |
| Approaching, in odes |
| Approaching, in poesy |
| Just round the corner |
| Near in time or place |
| Near in time or space |
| Approaching, in poetry |
| Approaching, old-style |
| Close by, in old poems |
| Close at hand, quaintly |
| Approaching, poetically |
| Close at hand, poetically |
| Approaching, in romantic poetry |
| My end draws ___, 'tis time . . . |
| Near in time or place, politically |
| And stay by my cradle till morning is ___ |