NOUN | feeling | closeness, intimacy | a feeling of being intimate and belonging together |
---|---|---|---|
attribute | closeness, stuffiness | the quality of being close and poorly ventilated | |
attribute | closeness, nearness | the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance | |
attribute | closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness | extreme / extreme stinginess | |
attribute | closeness, secretiveness | characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) | |
attribute | closeness, familiarity, intimacy | close or warm friendship |
Sounds | klow'snihs | |
---|---|---|
Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... |
Meaning | A feeling of being intimate and belonging together. | |
---|---|---|
Example | "their closeness grew as the night wore on" | |
Synonym | intimacy | |
Narrower | togetherness | affectionate closeness / closeness |
Broader | belonging | happiness felt in a secure relationship |
Spanish | cercanía, intimidad, proximidad | |
Catalan | intimitat, proximitat | |
Adjectives | close | close in relevance or relationship |
Meaning | The quality of being close and poorly ventilated. | |
---|---|---|
Synonym | stuffiness | |
Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
Meaning | The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance. | |
---|---|---|
Example | "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action" | |
Synonym | nearness | |
Narrower | adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness | The attribute of being so near as to be touching |
proximity, propinquity | The property of being close together | |
Broader | distance | The property created by the space between two objects or points |
Opposite | farness, remoteness, farawayness | The property of being remote |
Spanish | aproximación, cercanía, proximidad, vecindad | |
Catalan | proximitat, rodalies, voltants | |
Adjectives | close | at or within a short / short distance in space or time or having elements near each other |
close | not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances |
Meaning | extreme / extreme stinginess. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness | |
Narrower | miserliness | Total lack of generosity / generosity with money |
pettiness, littleness, smallness | lack of generosity / generosity in trifling matters | |
Broader | stinginess | A lack of generosity / generosity |
Spanish | mezquindad | |
Catalan | mesquinesa | |
Adjectives | close | giving or spending with reluctance |
Meaning | Characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes). | |
---|---|---|
Synonym | secretiveness | |
Narrower | furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness | A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously |
Broader | unsociability, unsociableness | An unsociable disposition |
Opposite | openness, nakedness | Characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes) |
Spanish | reserva | |
Catalan | reserva | |
Adjectives | close | inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information |
Meaning | Close or warm friendship. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | familiarity, intimacy | |
Broader | friendliness | A friendly disposition |
Spanish | confianza, familiaridad, franqueza, intimidad | |
Catalan | confiança, familiaritat, franquesa, intimitat |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact