2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Closeness \Close"ness\, n.
The state of being close
Half stifled by the closeness of the room --Swift.
We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus,
nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius.
--Bacon.
An affectation of closeness and covetousness.
--Addison.
Syn: Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy;
compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness;
stinginess; literalness.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
closeness
n 1: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their
closeness grew as the night wore on" [syn: {intimacy}]
2: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small
distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into
action" [syn: {nearness}] [ant: {farness}]
3: extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess}, {niggardliness},
{niggardness}, {parsimony}, {parsimoniousness}, {tightness},
{tightfistedness}]
4: characterized by a lack of openness esp about one's actions
or purposes [syn: {secretiveness}] [ant: {openness}]
5: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a
mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn: {familiarity},
{intimacy}]
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