Synonyms and Antonyms of close

synonym (synonym of close)

antonym (antonym of close)

  • (adj.all)
    distant
    separated in space or coming from or going to a distance (adj.all)
     
  • (verb.perception)
    open
    display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer (verb.perception)
     
  • (adj.all)
    distant, remote
    far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship (adj.all)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    open, open up
    cause to open or to become open (verb.contact)
     
  • (adj.all)
    far
    located at a great distance in time or space or degree (adj.all)
     

also (also)

similar (similar with close)

  • (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched (adj.all)
    equal
    having the same quantity, value, or measure as another (adj.all)
     
  • at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other (adj.all)
    adjacent, next, side by side
    nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    ambient
    completely enveloping (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    adpressed, appressed
    pressed close to or lying flat against something (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    approximate, close together
    located close together (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    at hand, close at hand, imminent, impendent, impending
    close in time; about to occur (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    at hand, close at hand
    close in space; within reach (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    close-hauled
    having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    close set, close-set
    set close together (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    contiguous, immediate
    very close or connected in space or time (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    circumferent, encompassing, surrounding
    closely encircling (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    enveloping
    surrounding and closing in on or hemming in (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    hand-to-hand
    being at close quarters (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    juxtaposed
    placed side by side often for comparison (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    nestled, snuggled
    drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    proximate
    very close in space or time (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    scalelike
    reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    walk-to, walking
    close enough to be walked to (adj.all)
     
  • close in relevance or relationship (adj.all)
    approximate, near
    very close in resemblance (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    boon
    very close and convivial (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    buddy-buddy, chummy, thick
    (used informally) associated on close terms (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    close-knit, closely knit
    held together as by social or cultural ties (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    confidential
    denoting confidence or intimacy (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    cozy
    suggesting connivance (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    dear, good, near
    with or in a close or intimate relationship (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    familiar, intimate
    having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    intimate
    marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity (adj.all)
     
  • confined to specific persons (adj.all)
    private
    confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy (adj.all)
     
  • crowded (adj.all)
    confined
    not free to move about (adj.all)
     
  • fitting closely but comfortably (adj.all)
    tight
    closely constrained or constricted or constricting (adj.all)
     
  • giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)
    stingy, ungenerous
    unwilling to spend (adj.all)
     
  • inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information (adj.all)
    incommunicative, uncommunicative
    not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions (adj.all)
     
  • lacking fresh air (adj.all)
    unventilated
    not ventilated (adj.all)
     
  • marked by fidelity to an original (adj.all)
    accurate
    conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy (adj.all)
     
  • not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances (adj.all)
    adjacent
    near or close to but not necessarily touching (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    nearby
    close at hand (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    warm
    of a seeker; near to the object sought (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    hot
    of a seeker; very near to the object sought (adj.all)
     
  • of textiles (adj.all)
    fine
    of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles (adj.all)
     
  • rigorously attentive; strict and thorough (adj.all)
    careful
    exercising caution or showing care or attention (adj.all)
     
  • strictly confined or guarded (adj.all)
    restrained
    under restraint (adj.all)
     
  • used of hair or haircuts (adj.all)
    short
    (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length (adj.all)
     

hypernym (close IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • bar access to (verb.contact)
    bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop
    render unsuitable for passage (verb.contact)
     
  • be priced or listed when trading stops (verb.stative)
    trade
    be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions (verb.stative)
     
  • become closed (verb.contact)
    change state, turn
    undergo a transformation or a change of position or action (verb.change)
     
  • come to a close (verb.stative)
    cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
    have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical (verb.stative)
     
  • come together, as if in an embrace (verb.motion)
    move, move
    move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (verb.motion)
     
  • complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement (verb.communication)
    end, terminate
    bring to an end or halt (verb.change)
     
  • draw near (verb.motion)
    approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near
    move towards (verb.motion)
     
  • engage at close quarters (verb.social)
    engage, prosecute, pursue
    carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in (verb.social)
     
  • fill or stop up (verb.contact)
    fill
    plug with a substance (verb.change)
     
  • finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead (verb.change)
    complete, finish
    come or bring to a finish or an end (verb.change)
     
  • the concluding part of any performance (noun.act)
    finish, finishing
    the act of finishing (noun.act)
     
  • the last section of a communication (noun.communication)
    section, subdivision
    a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) (noun.communication)
     
  • the temporal end; the concluding time (noun.time)
    end, ending
    the point in time at which something ends (noun.time)
     
  • unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of (verb.contact)
    bring together, join
    cause to become joined or linked (verb.contact)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF close relation)

  • cease to operate or cause to cease operating (verb.social)
    adjourn, retire, withdraw
    break from a meeting or gathering (verb.social)
     
  • fill or stop up (verb.contact)
    seal
    close with or as if with a seal (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    plug, secure, stop up
    fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    coapt, conglutinate
    cause to adhere (verb.contact)
     
  • move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut (verb.contact)
    snap
    close with a snapping motion (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    slat
    close the slats of (windows) (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    bang, slam
    close violently (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    shutter
    close with shutters (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    draw
    move or pull so as to cover or uncover something (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    roll up
    close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    bung
    close with a cork or stopper (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    seal, seal off
    make tight; secure against leakage (verb.contact)
     
  • the last section of a communication (noun.communication)
    anticlimax, bathos
    a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    epilog, epilogue
    a short passage added at the end of a literary work (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    peroration
    (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    coda, finale
    the closing section of a musical composition (noun.communication)
     

part meronym (HAS PART relation)

  • (noun.communication)
    narration, recital, yarn
    the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    address, speech
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience (noun.communication)
     

cause (cause to relations of close)

  • move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut (verb.contact)
    close, shut
    become closed (verb.contact)
     

attribute (close is an attribute of ....)

  • not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances (adj.all)
    distance
    the property created by the space between two objects or points (noun.attribute)
     

verb group (close is verb group of ....)

  • move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut (verb.contact)
    close, shut
    become closed (verb.contact)
     

pertainym (of or pertaining to (meaning relating to))

  • in an attentive manner (adv.all)
    close
    rigorously attentive; strict and thorough (adj.all)
     

derivation (.... is derived from close)

  • cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop (verb.perception)
    closedown, closing, closure, shutdown
    termination of operations (noun.act)
     
  • cease to operate or cause to cease operating (verb.social)
    closer
    a person who closes something (noun.person)
     
  • close in relevance or relationship (adj.all)
    closeness, intimacy
    a feeling of being intimate and belonging together (noun.feeling)
     
  • come to a close (verb.stative)
    close, closing curtain, finale, finis
    the concluding part of any performance (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    close, closing, conclusion, end, ending
    the last section of a communication (noun.communication)
     
  • finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) (verb.social)
    closing, completion, culmination, mop up, windup
    a concluding action (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.time)
    close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point
    the temporal end; the concluding time (noun.time)
     
  • giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)
    closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness
    extreme stinginess (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift
    extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)
     
  • inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information (adj.all)
    secrecy, secretiveness, silence
    the trait of keeping things secret (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    closeness, secretiveness
    characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) (noun.attribute)
     
  • (verb.perception)
    secrete
    place out of sight; keep secret (verb.perception)
     
  • lacking fresh air (adj.all)
    closeness, stuffiness
    the quality of being close and poorly ventilated (noun.attribute)
     
  • marked by fidelity to an original (adj.all)
    faithfulness, fidelity
    the quality of being faithful (noun.attribute)
     
  • move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut (verb.contact)
    closing, shutting
    the act of closing something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    blockage, closure, occlusion
    the act of blocking (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    shutter
    a hinged blind for a window (noun.artifact)
     
  • not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances (adj.all)
    closeness, nearness
    the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance (noun.attribute)
     
  • the concluding part of any performance (noun.act)
    close, conclude
    come to a close (verb.stative)
     
  • the last section of a communication (noun.communication)
    end
    put an end to (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
    have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    end, terminate
    be the end of; be the last or concluding part of (verb.stative)
     
  • the temporal end; the concluding time (noun.time)
    finish
    cause to finish a relationship with somebody (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    complete, finish
    come or bring to a finish or an end (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.social)
    close
    finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    close, close down, close up, fold, shut down
    cease to operate or cause to cease operating (verb.social)
     
  • unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of (verb.contact)
    closing, closure
    approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap (noun.act)
     

domain category (close is domain category of ....)

  • change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact (verb.motion)
    ball game, ballgame
    a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) (noun.act)
     
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