n.
Function: adjective
1
Synonyms: SILENT 3, close-lipped, closemouthed, close-tongued, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, tight-mouthed, uncommunicative
Idioms: close as a clam
Contrasted Words: candid, frank, plain
Antonyms: open
2
Synonyms: STUFFY 1, airless, breathless, stifling, stivy, suffocating, sultry
Related Words: humid, muggy, sticky
3
Synonyms: STINGY , cheeseparing, closefisted, miserly, ||narrow, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, tight
Antonyms: liberal
4 having the constituent parts massed closely together FF1C; a paper of fine close texture FF1E;
Synonyms: compact, crowded, dense, thick, tight
Related Words: compacted, compressed, condensed, consolidated, constricted, contracted; firm, solid, substantial; impenetrable, impermeable; close-grained
Contrasted Words: lax, loose, slack; unconsolidated
5
Synonyms: TIGHT 3, taut, tense
6 not far removed (as in space, time, or relationship) from something stipulated or understood FF1C; true and veritable are close synonyms FF1E; FF1C; the park is very close to the river FF1E; FF1C; it is close to closing time FF1E;
Synonyms: immediate, near, near-at-hand, nearly, nigh, proximate; compare NEIGHBORING
Related Words: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous; convenient, handy; nearest, nearmost, next
Idioms: at hand, at one's fingers' ends ( or fingertips), under one's nose
Contrasted Words: distant, far, faraway, far-off, removed
Antonyms: remote
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Synonyms: FAMILIAR 1, chummy, confidential, intimate, thick
Contrasted Words: cool, remote, withdrawn
Antonyms: aloof