Near
Near adjective - Being the less far of two.
On the brink and near are semantically related. In some cases you can use "On the brink" instead an adjective "Near".
On the brink
Near and on the brink are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Near" instead an adjective phrase "On the brink".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- At the start of the game, the player is one of her few resources, but by the end she's clawed her way back up and is on the brink of literal near-omnipotence.
Source: Xanatos Speed Chess -
Mac gets told this, though not verbatim, by his late wife Claire in the CSI: NY episode "Near Death", where he's been shot and is hovering on the brink.
Source: It Is Not Your Time - The final season has the world near on the brink of another world war, this time by the Earth Kingdom.
Source: War Arc
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On the brink and Near. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/near/on_the_brink
Near & On the brink. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/near/on_the_brink>.
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