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noun
The state of being close (all senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: proximity, nearness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being friends.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: intimacy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being mean or stingy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being secretive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The shortest path between two vertices in a graph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Solitude, seclusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
close or warm friendship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: familiarity, intimacy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: friendliness
noun
characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: secretiveness
Antonyms: openness
Broader terms: unsociability, unsociableness
Narrower terms: furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness
noun
extreme stinginess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stinginess
Narrower terms: pettiness, littleness, smallness, miserliness
noun
the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: nearness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distance
Narrower terms: proximity, propinquity, adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness
noun
the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: stuffiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
noun
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: intimacy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: belonging
Narrower terms: togetherness
History
Etymology tree English close Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English closeness From close + -ness.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
