1. closest

adverb. ['ˈkloʊsəst'] (superlative of near' orclose') within the shortest distance.

Rhymes with Closest

• ablest
• abolitionist
• accompanist
• activist
• advantest
• advantest
• agriculturalist
• alarmist
• allergist
• amorist
• anabaptist
• analyst
• anarchist
• anatomist
• anesthesiologist
• anesthetist
• angriest
• animist
• antagonist
• anthropologist

How do you pronounce closest?

Pronounce closest as ˈkloʊsəst.

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Sentences with closest

1. Adjective, superlative
In this country, the closest thing to a gray market security is a "when-issued" stock.

2. Noun, singular or mass
Look at the base of the bulb closest to the end of the strand.

Quotes about closest

1. I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
- Matthew Perry

2. I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
- Matthew Perry

3. Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
- Rainer Maria Rilke