closeness

closeness is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being close. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state of being close.
2. noun. close or warm friendship

   "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"

   Synonyms: familiarity, intimacy

3. noun. characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

   Synonyms: secretiveness

4. noun. extreme stinginess

   Synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness

5. noun. the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance

   "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"

   Synonyms: nearness

6. noun. the quality of being close and poorly ventilated

   Synonyms: stuffiness

7. noun. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

   "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

   Synonyms: intimacy

Synonyms

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

Common word forms

closenesses

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