closeness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
their closeness grew as the night wore on
Types & categories
- belonging hypernym
- togetherness hyponym
Related & opposite
- close derivation
Sense 2 noun
the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
Related & opposite
- stuffy derivation
Sense 3 noun
the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- remoteness antonym
- near derivation
- close derivation
Sense 4 noun
extreme stinginess
Types & categories
- stinginess hypernym
- pettiness hyponym
- miserliness hyponym
Related & opposite
- beggarly derivation
- penny-pinching derivation
- closefisted derivation
- niggardly derivation
- mingy derivation
- parsimonious derivation
Sense 5 noun
characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
Types & categories
- unsociability hypernym
- furtiveness hyponym
Related & opposite
- openness antonym
- closelipped derivation
Sense 6 noun
close or warm friendship
the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
Types & categories
- friendliness hypernym
Related & opposite
- intimate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | belonging |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | togetherness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stuffy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | remoteness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | near |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | distance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | proximity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjacency |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | beggarly |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | penny-pinching |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | closefisted |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | niggardly |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mingy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | parsimonious |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | stinginess |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pettiness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | miserliness |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | openness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | closelipped |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | unsociability |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | furtiveness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | intimate |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | friendliness |