close-knit

close–knit

adjective

Definition of CLOSE-KNIT

bound together by feelings of very close association <a close-knit family that constantly keeps in touch>

Synonyms clannish, cliquey, cliquish

Related Words bosom, chummy, close, familiar, friendly, inseparable, intimate, pack [chiefly Scottish], pally, palsy, palsy-walsy [slang], thick, tight; exclusive, snobbish, snobby; incestuous; forbidding, inhospitable, unfriendly

Near Antonyms receptive, welcoming