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🔄 Synonyms of "Close"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
goodnoun	Of a person or an animal:
intimateverb	Closely acquainted; familiar.
warmverb	Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
familiarnoun	Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
imminent	About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
restrained	Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
hotverb	Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
confined	Not free to move.
finenoun	Senses referring to subjective quality.
ambientnoun	Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
adjacentnoun	Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
shortnoun	Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
impendingnoun	Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
terminusnoun	The end or final point of something.
snugnoun	Warm and comfortable; cosy.
contiguous	Connected; touching; abutting.
tightverb	Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
conclusionnoun	The end, finish, close or last part of something.
careful	Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
proximatenoun	Close or closest; adjacent.
lastverb	Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
chummynoun	(informal) Friendly:
nearverb	Physically close.
privatenoun	Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
foldnoun	(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

↔️ Antonyms of "Close"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
openverb	(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
distant	Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
open upverb	(intransitive) To reveal oneself; to share personal information about oneself; to become communicative.
farnoun	Distant; remote in space.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Close"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
confining	limiting; restrictive
restrained	Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
endnoun	The terminal point of something in space or time.
terminusnoun	The end or final point of something.
finisnoun	Of a book or other work: the end.
conclusionnoun	The end, finish, close or last part of something.
endingnoun	A termination or conclusion.
finishverb	(transitive) To complete (something).
shutverb	(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
shut downverb	(transitive) To close, terminate, or end.
close downverb	(ambitransitive) To stop trading as a business.
close-set	set close together
hand-to-hand	Especially, describing fighting (armed or unarmed) done within reach rather than at range.
lastverb	Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
tightverb	Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
close at hand	Near spatially or temporally.
close together	Near each other in time or space.
secretive	Having an inclination to secrecy.
nearer	Less distant; comparative form of near: more near.
fillverb	(transitive, ergative) To make full