Synonyms for closeness
close·ness

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1. closenessnoun

   The state of being physically close

   Synonyms:
   proximity, nearness

2. closenessnoun

   The state of being friends

   Synonyms:
   intimacy

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1. closeness, intimacynoun

   a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

   "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

   Synonyms:
   affaire, nearness, parsimoniousness, amour, stuffiness, affair, niggardliness, liaison, tightfistedness, involvement, familiarity, secretiveness, minginess, tightness, intimacy, meanness, niggardness, parsimony

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

2. stuffiness, closenessnoun

   the quality of being close and poorly ventilated

   Synonyms:
   intimacy, tightness, nearness, niggardness, minginess, tightfistedness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, stuffiness, secretiveness, familiarity, stodginess, niggardliness, meanness

   Antonyms:
   openness, nakedness

3. nearness, closenessnoun

   the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance

   "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"

   Synonyms:
   intimacy, tightness, nearness, niggardness, minginess, tightfistedness, parsimony, familiarity, stuffiness, secretiveness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, meanness

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

4. meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closenessnoun

   extreme stinginess

   Synonyms:
   nearness, tautness, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching, constriction, parsimony, stringency, stuffiness, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, beastliness, familiarity, compactness, secretiveness, minginess, tightness, intimacy, meanness, niggardness, density

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

5. closeness, secretivenessnoun

   characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

   Synonyms:
   intimacy, tightness, nearness, secretiveness, niggardliness, minginess, tightfistedness, parsimony, familiarity, stuffiness, parsimoniousness, secrecy, niggardness, silence, meanness

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

6. familiarity, intimacy, closenessnoun

   close or warm friendship

   "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"

   Synonyms:
   conversance, affaire, conversancy, parsimoniousness, amour, impropriety, casualness, meanness, liberty, niggardliness, liaison, nearness, affair, involvement, acquaintance, familiarity, tightfistedness, secretiveness, minginess, stuffiness, tightness, intimacy, indecorum, niggardness, parsimony

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

Matched Categories

1. • Distance
   • Friendliness
   • Quality
   • Unsociability

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1. closenessnoun

   Synonyms:
   nearness, proximity, adjacency, density, compactness, intimacy, reticence, secretiveness, parsimony, stinginess, illiberality, penuriousness

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1. List of paraphrases for "closeness":

   proximity, rapprochement, vicinity, intimacy, approximation

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How to use closeness in a sentence?

1. New York:

   Our closeness makes us vulnerable, we will overcome. And we will show the other communities across this country how to do it.

2. Sally Buzbee:

   I think the biggest factor that determines if there is an early race call, a early declaration of a winner or a later one is really the closeness of the race, that's still the single biggest factor.

3. Lilah Howson-Smith:

   There isn't that closeness of cooperation [ between the The UK and European Union ] on security of [ energy ] supply.

4. Yoko Ono:

   There was a closeness I felt to gay people, we both suffered a lot for being different.

5. Jonathan Caspi:

   There is the ability to praise and correct without the audience( and it having any meaning) for the other children. It's a freer relationship and one in which bonding and closeness can be developed without interference.