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closeness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of closeness

1 the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret

  • we tried to penetrate her strange closeness about her domestic life
Synonyms of closeness

secrecy, secretiveness
Words Related to closeness

confidentiality, privacy

discreetness, discretion, prudence

circumspection, wariness

reserve, reticence, silence, taciturnity

furtiveness, shiftiness, slyness, sneakiness, underhandedness

concealment, covertness, stealth, subterfuge
Near Antonyms of closeness

candor, frankness, honesty, openness

imprudence, indiscretion

2 the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money

  • rebelled against his parentsʼ closeness with his allowance
Synonyms of closeness

cheapness, cheeseparing, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, penny-pinching, penuriousness, pinching, stinginess, tightfistedness, tightness
Words Related to closeness

conserving, economizing, economy, frugality, husbandry, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift

conservation, saving

husbanding, managing
Near Antonyms of closeness

bountifulness, bounty, generosity, largesse (also largess), liberality, openhandedness, openheartedness, philanthropy, unselfishness

extravagance, lavishness

dissipation, improvidence, prodigality, squandering, wastefulness

3 the quality or state of being very accurate

  • the body was too decomposed to estimate the time of death with any great closeness
Synonyms of closeness

accuracy, accurateness, delicacy, exactitude, exactness, fineness, nicety, perfection, preciseness, precision, rigor, rigorousness, ultraprecision, veracity
Words Related to closeness

correctness, fidelity, rightness, strictness, truth

definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, determinacy

nicety, subtlety

care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, persnicketiness
Near Antonyms of closeness

approximation, roundness

falseness, falsity, incorrectness, wrongness

carelessness, guesswork, looseness

indefiniteness, vagueness
Antonyms of closeness

coarseness, impreciseness, imprecision, inaccuracy, inexactitude, inexactness, roughness

4 the state of being in a very personal or private relationship

  • the closeness of their relationship was a matter of intense speculation among their coworkers
Synonyms of closeness

belonging, chumminess, familiarity, inseparability, intimacy, nearness
Words Related to closeness

immediacy

affinity, kinship

commitment, devotedness, devotion

affection, attachment, fondness, love, passion

constancy, faithfulness, fidelity

amity, fellowship, friendship, goodwill

affability, conviviality, cordiality, geniality

mutuality

cliquishness, clubbiness
Near Antonyms of closeness

aloofness, coldness, coolness, remoteness, reserve
Antonyms of closeness

distance

5 the state or condition of being near

  • we were surprised by the closeness of everything to our downtown loft
Synonyms of closeness

adjacency, contiguity, immediacy, nearness, propinquity, proximity, vicinity
Words Related to closeness

abutment, juxtaposition
Antonyms of closeness

distance, remoteness

6 strict attentiveness to what one is doing

  • how much you get out of the sermon will depend on the closeness with which you listen to it
Synonyms of closeness

care, carefulness, conscientiousness, heed, heedfulness, meticulosity, meticulousness, pains, scrupulousness
Words Related to closeness

advertence, advertency, attention, concentration, focus, observance, observation

alertness, mindfulness, vigilance, watchfulness

dutifulness, irreproachability, irreproachableness, punctiliousness, responsibility

bother, effort, painstaking, trouble

exactness, particularity, precision
Near Antonyms of closeness

inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inobservance
Antonyms of closeness

heedlessness, inattentiveness, negligence

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