Home › Words › N › nextnessnextnessnextness means the fact or condition of immediate succession or proximity; the quality of being next.EtymologyFrom next + -ness.nounThe fact or condition of immediate succession or proximity; the quality of being next.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.todayness 72% match — The property of being, or seeming to be, in the present. vs nextness →nighness 69% match — The quality or state of being nigh, or near. vs nextness →adjacentness 68% match — The quality of being adjacent. vs nextness →newness 64% match — The property of being new; novelty; recency. vs nextness →almostness 64% match — The quality of almost being something, or almost reaching a point; incomplete state. vs nextness →newsness 64% match — The state or quality of being news. vs nextness →previousness 63% match — The quality of being previous. vs nextness →presentness 63% match — The characteristic of being present, of existing in a place. vs nextness →