Comparatively close

• Closer to
• More stingy about popping into local
• More likely to encounter
• "___, My God, to Thee" (hymn)
• More approximate
• Requiring less travel time
• More imminent
• Less distant
• Warmer, in a way

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nearer \nearer\ adj. less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house.