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 Shoemaker, a spacecraft that studied the near-Earth asteroid Eros * Nearness or proximity space *"Near", a city browser by NearGlobal

* Near (Death Note), ''Nate River'', a character

* Near v. Minnesota, a U.S. press freedom Supreme Court decision * New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame {{disambig