NEAR or Near may refer to:
People Thomas J. Near, US evolutionary ichthyologist Near (programmer), 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 (blockchain platform), 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