Synonyms and Antonyms of closeness

synonym (synonym of closeness)

antonym (antonym of closeness)

  • (noun.attribute)
    nakedness, openness
    characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    farawayness, farness, remoteness
    the property of being remote (noun.attribute)
     

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

  • a feeling of being intimate and belonging together (noun.feeling)
    belonging
    happiness felt in a secure relationship (noun.feeling)
     
  • characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) (noun.attribute)
    unsociability, unsociableness
    an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship (noun.attribute)
     
  • close or warm friendship (noun.attribute)
    friendliness
    a friendly disposition (noun.attribute)
     
  • extreme stinginess (noun.attribute)
    stinginess
    a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money (noun.attribute)
     
  • the quality of being close and poorly ventilated (noun.attribute)
    quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute)
     
  • the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance (noun.attribute)
    distance
    the property created by the space between two objects or points (noun.attribute)
     

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

  • a feeling of being intimate and belonging together (noun.feeling)
    togetherness
    affectionate closeness (noun.feeling)
     
  • characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) (noun.attribute)
    furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness
    a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously (noun.attribute)
     
  • extreme stinginess (noun.attribute)
    littleness, pettiness, smallness
    lack of generosity in trifling matters (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    miserliness
    total lack of generosity with money (noun.attribute)
     
  • the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance (noun.attribute)
    propinquity, proximity
    the property of being close together (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness
    the attribute of being so near as to be touching (noun.attribute)
     

derivation (.... is derived from closeness)

  • characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) (noun.attribute)
    close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped
    inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information (adj.all)
     
  • close or warm friendship (noun.attribute)
    familiar, intimate
    having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship (adj.all)
     
  • extreme stinginess (noun.attribute)
    beggarly, mean
    (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny
    giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted
    unwilling to part with money (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    grudging, niggardly, scrimy
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    mean, mingy, miserly, tight
    (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    parsimonious, penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend (adj.all)
     
  • the quality of being close and poorly ventilated (noun.attribute)
    airless, close, stuffy, unaired
    lacking fresh air (adj.all)
     
  • the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance (noun.attribute)
    close, near, nigh
    not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    close
    at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other (adj.all)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym derivation intimacy stuffiness nearness meanness secretiveness nakedness openness farawayness farness friendliness unsociability stinginess distance quality furtiveness sneakiness littleness pettiness miserliness propinquity familiar intimate close closelipped beggarly mean
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. intimacy . stuffiness . nearness . meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness . secretiveness . familiarity, intimacy . nakedness, openness . farawayness, farness, remoteness . belonging . unsociability, unsociableness . friendliness . stinginess . quality . distance . togetherness . furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness . littleness, pettiness, smallness . miserliness . propinquity, proximity . adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness . close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped . familiar, intimate . beggarly, mean . cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny . closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted . grudging, niggardly, scrimy . mean, mingy, miserly, tight . parsimonious, penurious . airless, close, stuffy, unaired . close, near, nigh . close


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