closeness

UK /ˈkləʊs.nəs/ US /ˈkloʊs.nəs/

noun 5

Definitions

noun

The state of being close (all senses)

The state of being friends

The state of being mean or stingy

The state of being secretive

The shortest path between two vertices in a graph

Collocations

ADJ.

all, dedicated, different, distracting, emotional, incredible, most, physical

VERB + CLOSENESS

don't, fear, fears, feeling, need, think

CLOSENESS + NOUN

partners, people, peoples, relationship

PREP.

between, in

ADV.

also, anymore, sometimes

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — close or warm friendship

noun — characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's

secretiveness

noun — extreme stinginess

meanness
minginess
niggardliness
niggardness
parsimony
parsimoniousness
tightness
tightfistedness

noun — the spatial property resulting from a relatively small dista

nearness

noun — the quality of being close and poorly ventilated

stuffiness

noun — a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

intimacy

Antonyms

openness
nakedness
farness
remoteness
farawayness

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated / To closeness and the bettering of my mind [...]

Wiktionary

The closeness of their relationship was too much for him and his busy schedule.

Tatoeba · #718095

Martina fears emotional closeness.

Tatoeba · #796250

This couple is the very picture of closeness.

Tatoeba · #796257

Physical closeness made him feel threatened, so his girlfriend took things very, very slow.

Tatoeba · #796258

I don't fear the closeness between different peoples.

Tatoeba · #886233

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