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