closeness

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) The state of being close (all senses)
2. (uncountable, usually) The state of being friends
3. (uncountable, usually) The state of being mean or stingy
4. (uncountable, usually) The state of being secretive
5. (uncountable, usually) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
6. (archaic, uncountable, usually) Solitude, seclusion

Synonyms

nearness

proximity

thickness

intimacy

density

compactness

stuffiness

narrowness

denseness

sultriness

crowdedness

familiarity

tightness

vicinity

propinquity

affinity

meanness

parsimony

niggardliness

heat

acquaintance

insularism

insularity

contiguity

secretiveness

stinginess

straitness

warmth

parsimoniousness

minginess

niggardness

tightfistedness

proximateness

imminence

togetherness

unity

withdrawnness

uncommunicativeness

tightly knit

compactedness

retirement

compactibility

being close

overcrowdedness

hermetic closure

adjacency

attachment

capacitor

conciseness

concurrence

Translations

proximité

cercanía

proximidad

vicinanza

intimidad

intimità

voisinage

Nähe

intimidade

intimité

proximidade

familiarità

كثب

propinquitas

intimitat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkləʊs.nəs/

Etymology

From close + -ness.