Antonyms for closer
ˈkloʊ zərclos·er

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1. closernoun

   a person who closes something

   "whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up"

   Synonyms:
   finisher

2. closer, finisheradverb

   (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game

   Synonyms:
   finisher

3. nearer, nigher, closeradverb

   (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

   "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation"

   Synonyms:
   nearer, nigher

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. farther

   far from...

   you are too close to this dog. move a little farther away.

   Submitted by JP03 on December 25, 2014  

How to use closer in a sentence?

1. Heather Rae:

   Originally we had the wedding planned for Cabo and there were so many factors coming into play that we decided that we wanted to move it to something more local, it's a decision we made based on our family and travel and a lot of our guests were concerned about traveling out of the country – so just for the safety of our family and our loved ones, we decided to do it closer.

2. Marco Rubio:

   I get the sense that maybe it's closer than they (Republican leaders) want it to be.

3. Elon Musk:

   Over time, I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence, it’s mostly about the bandwidth, the speed of the connection between your brain and the digital version of yourself, particularly output.

4. Jennifer Burt:

   One of the most intriguing results of the last two decades of exoplanet science is that, thus far, none of the new planetary systems we've discovered look anything like our own solar system, this new planet we've discovered is still weird -- but it's one step closer to being somewhat like our neighborhood planets.

5. Joe Biden:

   I don’t think there’s ever been a time when we’ve been closer to Japan in the United States.

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