Close to
Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
Thereabouts and close to are semantically related in approximately topic. In some cases you can use "Thereabouts" instead an adverb phrase "Close to".
Thereabouts
Thereabouts adverb - Near that time or date.
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Synonyms for Thereabouts
Close to and thereabouts are semantically related in approximately topic. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead an adverb "Thereabouts".
Nearby Word: thereabout
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Related pairs
- nearly and close to
- nearly and thereabouts
- almost and close to
- almost and thereabouts
- practically and close to
- practically and thereabouts
- about and close to
- about and thereabouts
- all but and close to
- all but and thereabouts
- near and close to
- near and thereabouts
- around and close to
- around and thereabouts
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