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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Not far from another in space, time, or relation. |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, contiguous, immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate, at hand, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, within hailing distance |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Nearly equivalent or even. |
| Synonyms: | neck and neck, nip and tuck, tight |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Not deviating from correctness, accuracy, or completeness. |
| Synonyms: | exact, faithful, full, rigorous, strict |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | abutting, adjacent, adjoining, assiduous, cheek by jowl, close-fisted, close-mouthed, compact, confidential, contiguous, cramped, dense, exact, faithful, fixed, illiberal, imminent, imporous, intense, intent, intimate, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, literal, miserly, muggy, narrow, near, oppressive, parsimonious, penurious niggardly, reserved, reticent, secretive, solid, stingy, taciturn, uncomfortable, uncommunicative, unventilated |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | To a point near in time, space, or relation. |
| Synonyms: | closely, hard, near, nearby, nigh |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | adjacency, area, closeness, conclusion, contiguity, court, enclosure, end, grapple, imminence, inclosure, juxtaposition, nearness, next of kin, peroration, propinquity, proximity, vicinity, yard |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | phrasal verb |
| Definition: | To surround and advance upon. |
| Synonyms: | besiege, enclose, envelop, hedge, hem |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To move (a door, for example) in order to cover an opening. |
| Synonyms: | shut |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To bring or come to a natural or proper end. |
| Synonyms: | complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish, terminate, wind up, wrap up |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To come together. |
| Synonyms: | converge, meet |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, bar, barricade, block, button, calk, cap, cease, clench, clinch, complete, completion, conclude, conclusion, confine, connect, context, culmination, discontinue, encompass, end, environ, extreme, extremity, finale, finish, grapple, inclose, juxtapose, link, lute, occlude, quit, seal, secure, shut, slam, snug, stop, terminate, termination, windup |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | airless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air. |
| Synonyms: | stifling, stuffy |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | court |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings. |
| Synonyms: | atrium, courtyard, enclosure, quad, quadrangle, yard |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | A concluding or terminating. |
| Synonyms: | cease, cessation, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | The last part. |
| Synonyms: | conclusion, ending, finale, finish, last, termination, wind-up, wrap-up |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | familiar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Very closely associated. |
| Synonyms: | chummy, friendly, intimate, hand in glove with |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | fill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container. |
| Synonyms: | block, choke, clog, congest, cork, plug, stop |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | isolate |
| Part of Speech: | phrasal verb |
| Definition: | To set apart from a group. |
| Synonyms: | cut off, insulate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | sell |
| Part of Speech: | phrasal verb |
| Definition: | To get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount. |
| Synonyms: | dump, sell off, sell out, unload |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | stingy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money. |
| Synonyms: | cheap, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, tight, tightfisted |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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