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closeness
Found in thesaurus: belonging, quality, distance, stinginess, unsociability, unsociableness, friendliness
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closeness
n.
close proximity, nearness
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Closeness
Closeness may refer to:
- closeness (mathematics)
- closeness (graph theory), the shortest path between one vertex and another vertex
- the personal distance between two people in proxemics
- Social connectedness
- Closeness (album), a 1976 album by Charlie Haden
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closeness
Noun
1. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
(synonym) intimacy
(hypernym) belonging
(hyponym) togetherness
2. the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
(synonym) nearness
(hypernym) distance
(hyponym) proximity, propinquity
3. extreme stinginess
(synonym) meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness
(hypernym) stinginess
(hyponym) pettiness
4. characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
(synonym) secretiveness
(antonym) openness
(hypernym) unsociability, unsociableness
(hyponym) furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness
5. close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
(synonym) familiarity, intimacy
(hypernym) friendliness
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closeness
n.
blízkost
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Closeness
(n.)
The state of being close.
The state of being close.
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