Near

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

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