Synonyms for Closeness

Synonyms for "closeness" (215 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Noun(9 words)

nearness intimacy proximity accuracy adjacency affection approaching approximationclose to

accord accordance addition adjunct affairs affiliation affinity agreement airlessnessairtight secrecyalikeness alliance analogy aping approach approximation assemblage assimilation association avarice

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bond cheapness chumminessclose secrecyclosefistedness combination community compactness comparability comparison concealment confinement confines conformity

Strong matches (65)

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Noun(5 words)

connect emotionallydensity propertyfamiliarityfamily bondingfriendship

Adjective(2 words)

deep connectionicelandic nálægt

Related words (107)

intercourse intimacyintimate acquaintancejammedness junctionlack of meaninglack of messageliaison likeness likening limitation link linkage linking mateyness meaninglessness metaphor mimicking miserliness mugginess

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mutual attractionnarrow gaugenarrowness nearness neighborhood nighness oppression oppressiveness order palliness parallelism paritypenny pinchingpenny-pinching precinct presence propinquity proximity purlieus rapport relatedness relation relations relationshiprelative densityresemblance restrictedness restriction sameness secrecy secretiveness secretness semblance similarity simile similitude simulation slenderness solidity solidnessspecial affinityspecific gravityspissitude stickiness stinginess straitness strictness stuffiness subterfuge swelter sympathytemperature-humidity indexthe darkthi thickness tietie intie-intight purse stringstight squeezetightfistedness tightness traffic uncommunicativeness unconversableness ungenerosity union unsociability vicinage vicinity viscidity viscosity viscousness

Noun(14 words)

intimacies meanness minginess niggardliness niggardness parsimoniousness parsimony rapport secretiveness stuffiness tightfistedness tightness togethernesses vicinity

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

approximation belonging distance friendliness qualityrelationship qualityspace relationstinginess unsociability unsociableness

More specific

7 entries

affectionapproximate valueemotional bondemotional closenessnear valuephysical closenesswithin tolerance

Collocations

6 entries

emotional closenessfamilial closenessgeographic closenessphysical closenesssense of closenesssocial closeness

Inflections

1 entries

closenesses

Derivations

2 entries

close closely

Antonyms

1 entries

openness

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The closeness of their relationship was too much for him and his busy schedule.

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Martina fears emotional closeness.

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This couple is the very picture of closeness.

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Physical closeness made him feel threatened, so his girlfriend took things very, very slow.

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Closeness