close at hand

Questions about close at hand

What does close at hand mean?

close at hand means "close in space; within reach". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for close at hand?

Close synonyms include at hand, at hand, imminent, impendent, impending. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is close at hand a common word?

close at hand is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.