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| 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 |
| Antonyms: | away, beyond, detached, far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dense, cramped |
| Synonyms: | compact, confined, confining, congested, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, narrow, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight, circumscribed, close-grained, consolidated, cropped, jam-packed |
| Antonyms: | loose, open, uncramped |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, precise |
| Synonyms: | conscientious, exact, faithful, lifelike, literal, resembling, similar, strict |
| Antonyms: | far, inaccurate, imprecise |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intimate |
| Synonyms: | chummy, confidential, dear, devoted, familiar, inseparable, loving, palsy-walsy*, private, related, thick*, attached, buddy-buddy*, cozy with, kissing cousins, making it with, on top of each other, thick as thieves, thick with |
| Antonyms: | unfriendly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, humid |
| Synonyms: | breathless, confined, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, sticky, stuffy, sultry, sweltering, thick, tight, uncomfortable, airless, choky, fusty, stale-smelling, stifling, suffocating, sweltry, unventilated |
| Antonyms: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
| Synonyms: | chintzy*, closefisted, illiberal, mean, miserly, narrow, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, skimpy, skinflint*, tight, ungenerous, mingy, niggardly, tight-fisted |
| Antonyms: | generous, giving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clincher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settling event |
| Synonyms: | coup de grâce, culmination, capper, closer, crowning blow, deathblow, deciding moment, finisher, finishing touch |
| Main Entry: | finale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending of an event |
| Synonyms: | button*, cessation, climax, close, conclusion, consummation, culmination, denouement, end, epilogue, finish, payoff*, summation, swan song*, termination, afterpiece, blow-off, chaser, closer, crowning glory, end piece, finis, last act, peroration, windup |
| Notes: | final means occurring at or forming an end or not to be altered or undone, while a finale is the concluding part of any performance |
| Antonyms: | beginning, debut, opening, start, first act |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swan song |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | final performance |
| Synonyms: | adieu, climax, conclusion, crowning achievement, culmination, epilogue, farewell, goodbye, closer, coda, crowning glory, dying words, end piece, envoi, famous last words, farewell performance, final appearance, final appearance or performance, final gesture, finis, last act, last hurrah, last shot, last words, parting song, peroration, windup |
| Main Entry: | relief pitcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pitcher who takes place of starter |
| Synonyms: | fireman, stopper, bullpen, closer, inner reliever, long reliever, middle reliever, reliever, short reliever |
| Main Entry: | pitcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baseball pitcher |
| Synonyms: | ace*, baseball player, closer, hurler, knuckleballer, middle reliever, reliever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precise |
| Synonyms: | authentic, careful, close, concrete, correct, definite, deft, detailed, discriminating, distinct, exact, explicit, factual, faithful, genuine, judicious, just, literal, matter-of-fact, methodical, meticulous, on the nose*, particular, proper, punctilious, punctual, regular, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, severe, sharp, skillful, solid, specific, strict, systematic, true, unerring, unmistakable, veracious, defined, discriminative, on the button, on the money, ultraprecise |
| Antonyms: | careless, faulty, inaccurate, lax, vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjacent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | next to, abutting |
| Synonyms: | adjoining, alongside, beside, bordering, close, contiguous, near, neighboring, touching, close by, next door |
| Antonyms: | apart, away, detached, disconnected, distant, far, faraway, remote, separate, nonadjacent |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | almost accurate, exact |
| Synonyms: | almost, close, comparative, near, proximate, relative, rough |
| Antonyms: | accurate, clear, definite, exact, precise |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | alike, analogous, close, comparable, like, matching, near, relative, resembling, verging on |
| Antonyms: | dissimilar, exact, same |
| Main Entry: | chummy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, close, confidential, constant, cozy, familiar, intimate, palsy-walsy*, thick*, buddy-buddy*, pally |
| Antonyms: | unfriendly, unsociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clammy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damp |
| Synonyms: | close, dank, moist, pasty, slimy, soggy, sticky, sweaty, wet, drizzly, mucid, mucous, muculent, sweating |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | clannish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exclusive, select |
| Synonyms: | akin, alike, close, insular, like, narrow, related, reserved, restrictive, sectarian, unfriendly, associative, cliquish, restricting, unreceptive |
| Antonyms: | friendly, open, welcoming |
| Main Entry: | closemouthed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silent, reserved |
| Synonyms: | buttoned up, clammed up, close, close-lipped, dummied up, have tight chops, hush-hush, on the Q. T., quiet, reticent, sedate, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, zipped one's lips |
| Antonyms: | chatty, open, talkative |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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