Antonyms for closenessclose·ness

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1. closenessnoun

   The state of being physically close

   Synonyms:
   proximity, nearness

2. closenessnoun

   The state of being friends

   Synonyms:
   intimacy

Matched Categories

1. • Distance
   • Friendliness
   • Quality
   • Unsociability

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1. closeness, intimacynoun

   a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

   "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

   Synonyms:
   affaire, nearness, parsimoniousness, amour, stuffiness, affair, niggardliness, liaison, tightfistedness, involvement, familiarity, secretiveness, minginess, tightness, intimacy, meanness, niggardness, parsimony

2. stuffiness, closenessnoun

   the quality of being close and poorly ventilated

   Antonyms:
   openness, nakedness

   Synonyms:
   intimacy, tightness, nearness, niggardness, minginess, tightfistedness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, stuffiness, secretiveness, familiarity, stodginess, niggardliness, meanness

3. nearness, closenessnoun

   the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance

   "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

   Synonyms:
   intimacy, tightness, nearness, niggardness, minginess, tightfistedness, parsimony, familiarity, stuffiness, secretiveness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, meanness

4. meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closenessnoun

   extreme stinginess

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

   Synonyms:
   nearness, tautness, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching, constriction, parsimony, stringency, stuffiness, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, beastliness, familiarity, compactness, secretiveness, minginess, tightness, intimacy, meanness, niggardness, density

5. closeness, secretivenessnoun

   characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

   Synonyms:
   intimacy, tightness, nearness, secretiveness, niggardliness, minginess, tightfistedness, parsimony, familiarity, stuffiness, parsimoniousness, secrecy, niggardness, silence, meanness

6. familiarity, intimacy, closenessnoun

   close or warm friendship

   "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"

   Antonyms:
   nakedness, openness

   Synonyms:
   conversance, affaire, conversancy, parsimoniousness, amour, impropriety, casualness, meanness, liberty, niggardliness, liaison, nearness, affair, involvement, acquaintance, familiarity, tightfistedness, secretiveness, minginess, stuffiness, tightness, intimacy, indecorum, niggardness, parsimony

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1. closenessnoun

   Synonyms:
   nearness, proximity, adjacency, density, compactness, intimacy, reticence, secretiveness, parsimony, stinginess, illiberality, penuriousness

How to use closeness in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Caspi:

   There is the ability to praise and correct without the audience( and it having any meaning) for the other children. It's a freer relationship and one in which bonding and closeness can be developed without interference.

2. Elizabeth Ochoa:

   Every person has different levels of comfort with closeness and distance to each other, if both people are comfortable with living apart, it can work well—but if there is a mismatch, based on fears about abandonment, trust, or fidelity, then living apart will strain the relationship.

3. Bobby Rahal:

   The high speed ovals certainly represent the greatest risk because of the speed, because of the concrete wall and lately because of the closeness of the racing, which is far closer than it is in Formula One, the cars are very safe today but there is still that ultimate risk regardless and that will always exist. When you are side-by-side or three abreast it doesn't take much.

4. Pope Francis:

   I want to express my loving closeness to the Christian community, targeted while they were gathered in prayer, and all the victims of such cruel violence.

5. David Berkowitz Chicago:

   The art deprived of closeness to the world is, in fact, pure, flat, unmanageable, decorative. Totally extraneous because she herself destroyed outer. Empty and indifferent, deprived of destiny, it solves only technical issues.

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