Definition for Closeness:

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

Synonyms for Closeness:

• n.

  •
  • fellowship,
  • companionship,
  • love.
  •
  • distance.
  •affection (noun)
  • Propensities,
  • warmth,
  • Amore.
  •affinity (noun)
  • simpaticos,
  • drutherses,
  • same wavelengths,
  • cup tea,
  • good vibration.
  •attribute (noun)
  • closeness,
  • stuffiness.
  •belonging (noun)
  • belonging.
  •chumminess (noun)
  • neighborlinesses,
  • folksinesses.
  •closeness (noun)
  • secretiveness,
  • intimacy,
  • minginess,
  • parsimoniousness,
  • niggardliness,
  • tightfistedness,
  • parsimony,
  • tightness,
  • Niggardness.
  •communion (noun)
  • inter communications,
  • inter-course,
  • inter-courses,
  • communings,
  • inter-communication,
  • inter course,
  • inter communication,
  • inter courses,
  • close relationships,
  • inter-communications.
  •compactness (noun)
  • solidnesses.
  •companionship (noun)
  • friendship.
  •contact (noun)
  • Taction,
  • contiguity,
  • contiguities.
  •density (noun)
  • heaviness,
  • denseness,
  • impenetrability,
  • substantiality,
  • crowdedness,
  • substantialities.
  •familiarity (noun)
  • in formality,
  • in formalities,
  • un ceremoniousness,
  • un-ceremoniousness,
  • un ceremoniousnesses,
  • in-formalities,
  • un-ceremoniousnesses,
  • in-formality.
  •fidelity (noun)
  • naturalisms,
  • verisms.
  •friendship (noun)
  • companionability,
  • warmheartedness,
  • like-mindedness,
  • amicability,
  • friendliness,
  • congeniality,
  • chumminess,
  • empathy,
  • amiability,
  • sociability.
  •parity (noun)
  • Coequality,
  • Adequation,
  • equal terms.
  •proximity (noun)
  • appropinquities,
  • contiguousnesses.
  •resemblance (noun)
  • counter-part,
  • re-semblances,
  • counter parts,
  • birds feather,
  • co-incidence,
  • counter part,
  • co incidences,
  • birds of feather,
  • peas a pod,
  • co incidence,
  • counter-parts,
  • peas pod,
  • re semblance,
  • re-semblance,
  • re semblances,
  • birds a feather,
  • two a kind,
  • comparabilities,
  • co-incidences,
  • like ofs,
  • two kind,
  • two of kind,
  • peas in pod.
  •reticence (noun)
  • re-serve,
  • re serve,
  • re-serves.
  •silence (noun)
  • reticence.
  •similarity (noun)
  • match,
  • alikeness,
  • analog,
  • imitation,
  • analogy,
  • sameness,
  • likeness,
  • semblance,
  • twin.
  •thickness (noun)
  • fatness,
  • compactness,
  • solidity.
  •togetherness (noun)
  • warm fellowships,
  • close feeling,
  • in separablenesses,
  • in-separablenesses,
  • in-separableness,
  • close feelings,
  • inseparablenesses,
  • in separableness.
  •touching (noun)
  • contact.
  •traffic (noun)
  • merchantries,
  • ex change,
  • ex changes,
  • inter changes,
  • inter change,
  • trans actions,
  • inter-changes,
  • trans-actions,
  • peddlings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • confinement,
  • sultriness,
  • disjunction,
  • comradeship.
  •
  • presence.

Paraphrases for Closeness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    proximity.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    neighbourhood, relatedness, subsidiarity.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rapprochement, close, intimacy, vicinity, convergence, approximation, narrowness, reconciliation, detente, relationship, adjacency, privacy.

Antonyms for Closeness:

• n.

  • nearness
    openness.
  • Other antonyms:
    frankness, prodigality, honesty, inadvertency, squandering, unselfishness, incorrectness, imprudence, indiscretion, nakedness, lavishness, guesswork, inattention, wrongness, carelessness, inexactness, vagueness, approximation, imprecision, falseness, roundness, coolness, reserve, looseness, indefiniteness, dissipation, aloofness, negligence, coldness, largesse, extravagance, inadvertence, candor, roughness, improvidence, impreciseness, wastefulness, inexactitude, distance, inattentiveness, falsity, inaccuracy, heedlessness, coarseness.

Closeness Sentence Examples:

• Closeness and secrecy - that's been at the back of everything so far.

• To me, fresh from the wide woods of St. Quentin, it seemed the desire of Paris folk to outhuddle in closeness the rabbits in a warren.

Hypernym for Closeness:

• n.

  • feeling
    togetherness.

Hyponym for Closeness:

• n.

  • attribute
    quality.
  • feeling
    belonging.