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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together;
- Example: "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
[syn: closeness, intimacy]

2. the quality of being close and poorly ventilated;
[syn: stuffiness, closeness]

3. the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance;
- Example: "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
[syn: nearness, closeness]

4. extreme stinginess;
[syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness]

5. characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes);
[syn: closeness, secretiveness]

6. close or warm friendship;
- Example: "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
[syn: familiarity, intimacy, closeness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Closeness \Close"ness\, n.
   The state of being close.
   [1913 Webster]

         Half stifled by the closeness of the room. --Swift.
   [1913 Webster]

         We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus,
         nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius.
                                                  --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]

         An affectation of closeness and covetousness.
                                                  --Addison.

   Syn: Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy;
        compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness;
        stinginess; literalness.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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