Synonyms and related words :
about, approaching, approximate, approximating, arm-in-arm, around, burning, cheek-by-jowl, circa, close, close about, close upon, hand-in-hand, hot, in the neighborhood, in the vicinity, intimate, just about, near, near enough to, near the mark, near upon, nearing, nearish, nigh, nighish, propinque, proximal, proximate, round, round about, side-by-side, somewhere about, upwards of, vicinal, warm