Near
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NEAR or Near may refer to:
People
- Thomas J. Near, US evolutionary ichthyologist
 - Near, a developer who created the higan emulator
 
Science, mathematics, technology, biology, and medicine
- National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR), a former alarm device to warn civilians of a foreign nuclear attack on the United States
 - National Emergency Airway Registry (NEAR), a patient registry for intubations in the United States
 - Nicking enzyme amplification reaction (NEAR), a method of DNA amplification
 - NEAR Protocol, a layer-1 blockchain
 - NEAR Shoemaker, a spacecraft that studied the near-Earth asteroid Eros
 - Nearness or proximity space
 - "Near", a city browser by NearGlobal
 - Near space, the upper atmosphere below outer space
 
Television, film, music, and books
- Near (Death Note), Nate River, a character
 
Other uses
- Near v. Minnesota, a U.S. press freedom Supreme Court decision
 - New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame