All close-at-hand synonyms

adj close-at-hand

• accessible — If a place or building is accessible to people, it is easy for them to reach it or get into it. If an object is accessible, it is easy to reach.
• convenient — If a way of doing something is convenient, it is easy, or very useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
• available — If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it.
• neighboring — situated or living near another: one of our neighbor nations.
• immediate — occurring or accomplished without delay; instant: an immediate reply.
• warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
• adjoining — being in contact; connected or neighbouring
• nearby — close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring: a nearby village.
• ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
• close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
• burning — You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
• touching — affecting; moving; pathetic: a touching scene of farewell.
• bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
• abutting — to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street.
• nigh — near in space, time, or relation: The time draws nigh.
• adjacent — If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.
• at hand — If something is at hand, near at hand, or close at hand, it is very near in place or time.
• near — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
• on hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• within reach — close enough to be reached
• abreast — If people or things walk or move abreast, they are next to each other, side by side, and facing in the same direction.
• alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
• around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
• beside — Something that is beside something else is at the side of it or next to it.
• conterminous — enclosed within a common boundary
• contiguous — Things that are contiguous are next to each other or touch each other.
• handy — within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are handy.
• practically — in effect; virtually: It is practically useless to protest.
• proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
• approximal — situated side by side; close together
• at close quarters — If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.
• close shave — a narrow escape
• close-by — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
• next door — Also, next door. to, at, or in the next house on the street, especially if it is very close by, or the adjacent apartment, office, room, or the like: Go next-door and get your sister. Your sister is next-door. Her brother lives next-door.
• proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).