| Main Entry: | closeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nearness |
Synonyms: |
adjacency, compactness, density, illiberality, intimacy, parsimony, penuriousness, propinquity, proximity, reticence, secrecy, secretiveness, stinginess, strictness |
| Main Entry: | accuracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precision or correctness |
Synonyms: |
accurateness, carefulness, certainty, closeness, definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, efficiency, exactitude, exactness, faultlessness, incisiveness, mastery, meticulousness, preciseness, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, strictness, sureness, truthfulness, veracity, verity |
Antonyms: |
erroneousness, falsehood, inaccuracy, mistake |
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
Synonyms: |
amore, ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen* |
Antonyms: |
animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
| Main Entry: | affinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liking or inclination toward something |
Synonyms: |
affection, attraction, closeness, compatibility, cotton, cup of tea, druthers, fondness, good vibrations, leaning, partiality, rapport, same wavelength, simpatico, sympathy, thing*, weakness* |
| Notes: | an affinity is a relationship by marriage and consanguinity is a blood relationship |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hatred |
| Main Entry: | affinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | similarity |
Synonyms: |
alikeness, alliance, analogy, association, closeness, connection, correspondence, kinship, likeness, relation, relationship, resemblance, semblance, similitude |
Antonyms: |
dissimilarity |
| Main Entry: | communion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affinity, agreement |
Synonyms: |
accord, association, close relationship, closeness, communing, concord, contact, converse, fellowship, harmony, intercommunication, intercourse, intimacy, participation, rapport, sympathy, togetherness, unity |
Antonyms: |
antagonism, contention, disagreement, discord, disunity, division, hostility, variance |
| Main Entry: | contact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | touching |
Synonyms: |
approximation, closeness, collision, connection, contiguity, contingence, hit, impingement, junction, juxtaposition, nearness, propinquity, proximity, relation, strike, taction, touch, union |
Antonyms: |
avoidance |
| Main Entry: | density |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulk, mass |
Synonyms: |
body, closeness, compactness, concretion, consistency, crowdedness, denseness, frequency, heaviness, impenetrability, massiveness, quantity, solidity, substantiality, thickness, tightness |
Antonyms: |
openness, sparsity, thinness |
| Main Entry: | familiarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendliness |
Synonyms: |
acquaintance, acquaintanceship, boldness, closeness, ease, fellowship, forwardness, freedom, freshness, friendship, informality, intimacy, liberty, naturalness, openness, presumption, sociability, unceremoniousness |
Antonyms: |
aloofness, cool, distance, frigidity, reserve, unfriendliness |
| Main Entry: | fidelity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conformity to a standard |
Synonyms: |
accuracy, adherence, adhesion, attachment, closeness, constancy, correspondence, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, loyalty, naturalism, preciseness, precision, realism, scrupulousness, verism |
Antonyms: |
inconstancy, nonconformity, unsteadiness, vacillation, wavering |