- proximate - closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals"
Antonyms: ultimate, crowning, eventual, farthest, final, last, net, highest, supreme, last-ditch
- proximate - very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"
Antonym: distant (indirect, via close)