SkyfireDict

nighest   (TTS Sound)

The adj nigh has 2 senses

• near, close, nigh -- (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call")


• near, nigh -- (being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side")

The adv nighest has 1 sense

• nearest, nighest, closest -- ((superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance; "that was the time he came nearest to death")