closeness
closeness is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The state of being close. Half stifled by the closeness of the room. Swift. We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. Bacon. An affectation of closeness and covetousness. Addison.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- compactness
- conciseness
- intimacy
- literalness
- narrowness
- nearness
- oppressiveness
- secrecy
- stinginess
- strictness
- tightness
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- anatomy
- and
- angustation
- bone
- breadth
- coarctation
- constriction
- contraction
- deposition
- emaciation
- exiguity
- exility
- filament
- ghat
- ghaut
- hourglass
- isthmus
- lantern
- line
- little
- macilency
- marcor
- mere
- middle
- narrowing
- narrowness
- neck
- paper
- pass
- ravine
- ridge
- shadow
- shaving
- skeleton
- skin
- slip
- spindleshanks
- streak
- stricture
- strip
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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