closeness

/klˈoʊsnɪs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
   “their closeness grew as the night wore on”
2. the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
3. the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
   “the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action”
4. extreme stinginess
5. characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
6. close or warm friendship
   “the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy”

Synonyms for closeness

• intimacy
• stuffiness
• nearness
• meanness
• minginess
• niggardliness
• niggardness
• parsimony
• parsimoniousness
• tightness
• tightfistedness
• secretiveness
• familiarity

Antonyms of closeness

• openness