More likely to bump into

• Closer to
• Easier to reach, say
• More intimate
• More handy
• Start of a Titanic hymn
• Warmer, in some games
• First word of a famous hymn
• Easier to see
• Comparatively close

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (comparative of `near') being the one of two that is less distant in space; "we walked to the nearer house" adv. (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true ...