Synonyms of closeness

Noun


1. closeness, intimacy, belonging

usage: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

2. stuffiness, closeness, quality

usage: the quality of being close and poorly ventilated

3. nearness, closeness, distance

usage: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"

4. meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness, stinginess

usage: extreme stinginess

5. closeness, secretiveness, unsociability, unsociableness

usage: characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

6. familiarity, intimacy, closeness, friendliness

usage: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"

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