Closeness - Definition

n 1: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their
closeness grew as the night wore on" [syn: closeness,
intimacy]
2: the quality of being close and poorly ventilated [syn:
stuffiness, closeness]
3: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small
distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into
action" [syn: nearness, closeness] [ant: farawayness,
farness, remoteness]
4: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess,
niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony,
parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness,
closeness]
5: characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's
actions or purposes) [syn: closeness, secretiveness]
[ant: nakedness, openness]
6: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a
mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn:
familiarity, intimacy, closeness]