Related Words for close

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shut
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
end
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Noun, Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
terminus
/xx
Noun, Noun
finale
x/x
Noun, Noun
finis
/x
Noun, Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun, Noun
finish
/x
Noun, Verb, Noun
fold
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
restrained
x/
Verb, Adjective
ambient
/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
confined
x/
Noun, Adjective
surrounding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
last
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
short
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
impending
x/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
tight
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
imminent
/xx
Verb, Adjective
cozy
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
snug
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Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
thick
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
nearer
/x
Verb, Adjective
neighboring
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
intimate
/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
proximate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
next
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
approximate
x/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boon
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
nearby
//
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
immediate
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
adjacent
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
nigh
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
contiguous
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
walking
/x
Adjective, Adjective
neighbour
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
warm
/
Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fine
/
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
juxtaposed
xx/
Verb, Adjective
hot
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
careful
/x
Noun, Adjective
secretive
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
stingy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
chummy
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
confidential
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
good
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
private
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stuffy
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
faithful
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
dear
/
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
equal
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
accurate
/xx
Noun, Adjective
bosom
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adjective, Verb
moral
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
ungenerous
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
airless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
at hand
//
Phrase, Adjective
close at hand
///
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
come together
/x/x
Phrase, Adverb, Verb
encompassing
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
enveloping
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
nestled
/x
Verb, Adjective
shut down
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
side by side
///
Phrase, Verb, Adverb, Noun, Adjective
snuggled
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
open
/x
Adjective, Adjective
distant
/x
Adjective, Adjective
open up
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
proximity
x/xx
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
reach
/
Noun
draw
/
Verb
back
/
Adverb
reopen
x/x
Verb
halfway
//
Adverb
hold
/
Noun
come
/
Verb
outside
//
Noun
distance
/x
Noun
perilously
/xxx
Adverb
touching
/x
Verb
vicinity
x/xx
Noun
inside
x/
Noun
away
x/
Adverb
keep
/
Verb
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
located
/xx
Verb
quiet
/x
Adjective
straight
/
Adjective
secure
x/
Adjective
nearly
/x
Adverb
place
/
Noun
very
/x
Adverb
right
/
Noun
move
/
Noun
quite
/
Adverb
going
/x
Verb
high
/
Adjective
sticking
/x
Verb
beside
x/
Adverb
perfect
x/
Adjective
middle
/x
Noun
front
/
Noun
relatively
/xxx
Adverb
knocking
/x
Verb
hitting
/x
Verb
being
/x
Verb
pull
/
Noun
north
/
Noun
apart
x/
Adverb
locked
/
Verb
edge
/
Noun
positioned
x/x
Verb
pretty
/x
Adjective
both
/
Noun
hard
/
Adjective
somewhere
/x
Adverb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
closure
/x
Noun
together
x/x
Adverb
center
/x
Noun
loose
/
Adjective
central
/x
Noun
farther
/x
Adverb
situated
/xxx
Verb
fairly
/x
Adverb
comparable
/xxx
Adjective
inching
/x
Verb
beat
/
Noun
stays
/
Noun
direct
x/
Adjective
bringing
/x
Verb
getting
/x
Verb
connected
x/x
Verb
hang
/
Verb
outskirts
/x
Noun
well
/
Adverb
surpassing
x/x
Verb
south
/
Noun
location
x/x
Noun
blow
/
Noun
clear
/
Adjective
equidistant
/x/x
Adjective
downtown
//
Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
stop
/
Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
break
/
Noun
stretch
/
Noun
close off
//
Phrase, Verb
occlude
x/
Verb
block off
//
Phrase, Verb
close out
//
Phrase, Verb
close down
/x
Phrase, Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
shut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
block out
//
Phrase, Verb
block
/
Noun
portcullis
x/x
Noun
stop up
//
Phrase, Verb
close in
/x
Phrase, Verb
shut up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
latch
/
Noun
choke
/
Verb
tine
/
Noun
shutter
/x
Noun
foul
/
Adjective
conclude
x/
Verb
shut away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cancel
/x
Noun
seal
/
Noun
clog
/
Noun
lock up
/x
Phrase, Verb
foreclose
x/
Verb
closet
/x
Noun
clinch
/
Noun
shut in
/x
Phrase, Verb
clench
/
Noun
hatch
/
Noun
choke out
//
Phrase, Verb
cross
/
Noun
cut off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
constrictive
x/x
Adjective
clasp
/
Noun
coop
/
Noun
barrier
/xx
Noun
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
sport
/
Noun
impede
x/
Verb
tie off
//
Phrase, Verb
cork
/
Noun
curtain
/x
Noun
inshore
//
Noun
apposition
xx/x
Noun
associate
x/xx
Noun
tantalizingly
/xxxx
Adverb
unseasonably
x/xxx
Adverb
menacingly
/xxx
Adverb
confidant
/xx
Noun
unpleasantly
x/xx
Adverb
uncomfortably
x/xx
Adverb
liaison
x/x
Noun
inbreeding
x/x
Noun
leaned
/
Verb
abandonment
x/xx
Noun
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
adjournment
x/x
Noun
akin
x/
Adjective, Noun
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
attentive
x/x
Adjective
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
brink
/
Noun
brotherly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
catch
/
Verb, Noun
categorize
/xxx
Verb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
classify
/xx
Verb
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
closeout
/x
Noun
coda
/x
Noun
collegial
x/xx
Adjective
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
consummation
xx/x
Noun
convergence
x/x
Noun
cordial
/x
Adjective, Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cramped
/
Adjective
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
culmination
xx/x
Noun
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
dense
/
Adjective, Noun
detailed
x/
Adjective, Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
dismantle
x/x
Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
dissolve
x/
Verb, Noun
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
door
/
Noun, Verb
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
enclose
x/
Verb
enhanced
x/
Adjective
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
epilogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
exact
x/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expiry
x/x
Noun
extensive
x/x
Adjective
family
/xx
Noun, Adjective
farm
/
Noun, Verb
farmhouse
/x
Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fastener
/xx
Noun
fence
/
Noun, Verb
fin
/
Noun, Verb
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
finalize
/xx
Verb
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
flour
/x
Noun, Verb
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
fraternal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
frequent
/x
Adjective, Verb
friendly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
grouped
/
Adjective
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
heal
/
Verb, Noun
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hiding
/x
Noun
highly
/x
Adverb
indissoluble
/x/xx
Adjective
inextricable
x/xxx
Adjective
integrally
/xxx
Adverb
intense
x/
Adjective
intensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intimacy
/xxx
Noun
intricately
/xxx
Adverb
intrinsically
x/xxx
Adverb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun