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| Main Entry: | closed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shut, out of service |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, dark, fastened, locked, out of business, out of order*, sealed, shut down, folded, gone fishing, not open, padlocked |
| Antonyms: | open, running, working, in business |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | closed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finished, terminated |
| Synonyms: | decided, ended, final, over, settled, concluded, resolved |
| Antonyms: | beginning, continuing, open, started, starting, unsettled |
| Main Entry: | closed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exclusive, independent |
| Synonyms: | restricted, self-centered, self-sufficient, self-contained, self-sufficing, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining |
| Antonyms: | open, welcoming |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
| Synonyms: | bang, bar, block, bolt, button, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, screen, secure, shut, shutter, slam, stopper, stuff, turn off, caulk, congest, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, shut off, stop up |
| Antonyms: | open, release, unseal, unclose, unplug, unstop |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete, finish, stop |
| Synonyms: | call off, cap, cease, clear, clinch, conclude, consummate, culminate, cut loose, determine, discontinue, do, end, fold, halt, shut down, shutter, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*, button down, button up, call it a day, drop the curtain, fold up, pack it in, put a lid on, put to bed, sew up, wind down |
| Antonyms: | begin, continue, open, start, not finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, unite |
| Synonyms: | agree, bind, chain, coalesce, connect, couple, encounter, fuse, grapple, meet, put together, tie, tie up, come together, inclose |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disunite, open |
| Main Entry: | congested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blocked, clogged |
| Synonyms: | chock-full, closed, crowded, filled, jammed, overcrowded, overflowing, packed, stopped, stuffed, teeming, choked, crammed, glutted, gorged, gridlocked, jam-full, jam-packed, massed, mobbed, obstructed, occluded, overfilled, packed like sardines, plugged, stoppered, stuffed-up, up to the rafters |
| Antonyms: | clear, free, open, unblocked, unclogged, uncongested, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | exclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unshared, restricted |
| Synonyms: | absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, clannish, classy, closed, complete, confined, country club, elegant, entire, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, sole, total, undivided, unique, whole, circumscribed, cliquish, discriminative, exclusionary, exclusory, socially correct, swank, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | forbidden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outlawed, prohibited |
| Synonyms: | banned, closed, contraband, out of bounds, refused, taboo*, verboten, vetoed, closed-down, closed-up, no-no, off limits, proscribed |
| Antonyms: | approved, authorized, permitted, sanctioned, allowed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded |
| Synonyms: | bigoted, closed, confined, cut off, detached, illiberal, isolated, limited, narrow, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial, restricted, secluded, separate, separated, circumscribed, contracted, inward-looking, sequestered |
| Antonyms: | broad-minded, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | self-sufficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to take care of oneself |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, closed, competent, conceited, confident, doing one's own thing, efficient, egotistic, haughty, independent, individual, on one's own, out for number one, self-confident, self-dependent, self-sufficing, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining, smug, unit |
| Antonyms: | incapable, needy, unable |
| Main Entry: | still |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, motionless, quiet |
| Synonyms: | closed, deathly, fixed, halcyon, inert, lifeless, noiseless, pacific, peaceful, placid, restful, sealed, serene, silent, smooth, soundless, stable, stagnant, static, stationary, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, at rest, buttoned up, clammed up, close-mouthed, deathlike, deathly quiet, deathly still, hushed, hushful, stock-still, unstirring, whist |
| Antonyms: | agitated, moving, stirred, unquiet |
| Main Entry: | locked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secured |
| Synonyms: | closed, fastened, sealed, tight, cinched, padlocked |
| Main Entry: | restricted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited |
| Synonyms: | bound, bounded, closed, confined, cramped, fastened, frustrated, governed, inhibited, modified, prescribed, prevented, reduced, restrained, small, stopped, surrounded, barred, blocked, bridled, chained, checked, clogged, controlled, curbed, decreased, defined, deprived, deterred, diminished, encircled, encircled, fettered, foiled, hampered, held back, hitched, impeded, manacled, moderated, narrowed, obstructed, reined in, repressed, secured, shortened, stayed, suppressed, tempered, tethered |
| Main Entry: | sealed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secured |
| Synonyms: | airtight, closed, firm, fixed, impenetrable, shut, tight |
| Main Entry: | out of business |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | no longer operating as a business |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, closed, defunct, extinct, nonexistent, no more |
| Main Entry: | airtight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sealed |
| Synonyms: | closed, impenetrable, impermeable, shut |
| Antonyms: | loose, open, penetrable, permeable, unclosed, unsealed |
| Main Entry: | destined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound for, fated in near future |
| Synonyms: | at hand, certain, closed, coming, compulsory, directed, doomed, forthcoming, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, menacing, near, ordained, predetermined, que sera sera*, sealed, settled, stated, threatening, unavoidable, brewing, compelled, condemned, designed, foreordained, hanging over, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, meant, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, that is to be, that will be, to come, way the ball bounces |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, unscheduled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | over |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accomplished |
| Synonyms: | ancient history, by, bygone, closed, completed, done, ended, finished, gone, past, settled, up, at an end, concluded, done with |
| Notes: | more than refers to countable items (there are more than 50 pies); over refers to general or unspecified amounts (over half the church is full) |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, unfinished, failed |
| Main Entry: | covered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | provided with a cover |
| Synonyms: | bound, camouflaged, closed, concealed, disguised, enclosed, hidden, hooded, masked, painted, protected, sheltered, veiled, wrapped, capped, coated, enveloped, lidded, overlaid, roofed, secreted, sheathed, shielded, surfaced, topped, varnished |
| Antonyms: | exposed, open, revealed |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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