closeness meaning and definition

CLOSENESS noun

Definition of closeness (noun)

1. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
   • "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
   • synonyms: intimacy
2. the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
   • synonyms: stuffiness
3. the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
   • "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
   • synonyms: nearness
   • antonym: farawayness
4. extreme stinginess
   • synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness
5. characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
   • synonyms: secretiveness
   • antonym: nakedness
6. close or warm friendship
   • "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
   • synonyms: familiarity, intimacy