English dictionary
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English noun: closeness | |||
| 1. | closeness (feeling) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together | ||
| Samples | Their closeness grew as the night wore on. | ||
| Synonyms | intimacy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | belonging | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | togetherness | ||
| 2. | closeness (attribute) the quality of being close and poorly ventilated | ||
| Synonyms | stuffiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
| 3. | closeness (attribute) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance | ||
| Samples | The sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action. | ||
| Synonyms | nearness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | distance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness, propinquity, proximity | ||
| Antonyms | farawayness, farness, remoteness | ||
| 4. | closeness (attribute) extreme stinginess | ||
| Synonyms | meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stinginess | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | littleness, miserliness, pettiness, smallness | ||
| 5. | closeness (attribute) characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) | ||
| Synonyms | secretiveness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unsociability, unsociableness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness | ||
| Antonyms | openness, nakedness | ||
| 6. | closeness (attribute) close or warm friendship | ||
| Samples | The absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy. | ||
| Synonyms | familiarity, intimacy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | friendliness | ||
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