| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, nearby |
Synonyms: |
abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under one's nose, warm |
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away, beyond, detached, far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dense, cramped |
Synonyms: |
circumscribed, close-grained, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, narrow, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight |
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loose, open, uncramped |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, precise |
Synonyms: |
conscientious, exact, faithful, lifelike, literal, resembling, similar, strict |
Antonyms: |
far, imprecise, inaccurate |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intimate |
Synonyms: |
attached, buddy-buddy, chummy, confidential, cozy with, dear, devoted, familiar, inseparable, kissing cousins, loving, making it with, on top of each other, palsy-walsy, private, related, thick as thieves, thick with, thick* |
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unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, humid |
Synonyms: |
airless, breathless, choky, confined, fusty, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, stale-smelling, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, sweltering, sweltry, thick, tight, uncomfortable, unventilated |
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cool, dry |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, reserved |
Synonyms: |
buttoning one's lip, buttoning up, clamming up, close-lipped, closemouthed, hidden, hush-hush, mum's the word, on the Q. T., private, reticent, retired, secluded, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight chops, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, zipping one's lips |
Antonyms: |
open, unreserved |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
chintzy, closefisted, illiberal, mean, mingy, miserly, narrow, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, skimpy, skinflint, tight, tight-fisted, ungenerous |
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generous, giving |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, cease, cessation, completion, conclusion, culmination, denouement, desistance, end, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
Synonyms: |
bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, screen, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stop up, stopper, stuff, turn off |
Antonyms: |
open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal, unstop |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete, finish, stop |
Synonyms: |
button down, button up, call it a day, call off, cap, cease, clear, clinch, conclude, consummate, culminate, cut loose, determine, discontinue, do, drop the curtain, end, fold, fold up, halt, pack it in, put a lid on, put to bed, sew up, shut down, shutter, terminate, ultimate, wind down, wind up, wrap up |
Antonyms: |
begin, continue, not finish, open, start |