In the sense of near: at short distance away from a family-run hotel near the seafront Synonyms near • close to • not far away from • a short distance from • in the vicinity of • in the neighbourhood of • within reach of • a stone's throw away from • next to • adjacent to • alongside • bordering on • adjoining • abutting • contiguous with • within spitting distance of • a hop, skip, and a jump away from • within sniffing...