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closeness

UK/ˈkləʊs.nəs//ˈkloʊs.nəs/

closeness noun: the state of being close (all senses).

Noun

closeness (usually uncountable, plural closenesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being close (all senses).
    Synonyms:
    proximity, nearness
  2. (usually) The state of being friends.
    Synonyms:
    intimacy
  3. (usually) The state of being mean or stingy.
  4. (usually) The state of being secretive.
  5. (usually) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph.
  6. (archaic, usually) Solitude, seclusion.
    • I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated / To closeness and the bettering of my mind [...]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

closeness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

closeness in Hindi

closeness, intimacy
आत्मीयता ātmīytā

closeness in Tamil

The state of being friends
நட்பு naṭpu
solitude, seclusion
தனிமை taṉimai

closeness in Urdu

نزدیکی, قربت

closeness in Bengali

closeness, intimacy
নৈকট্য nōikoṭṭo
More languagesFewer languages
closeness in Malayalam
അടുപ്പം aṭuppaṁ
closeness in Kannada
ಕಿಸ್ಕಿಂದ, ಕಿಕ್ಕಿಂದ, ನಿಕಟತೆ
closeness in Punjabi
لاگا lāgā

Examples of closeness in a sentence

  • He made a sneering comment about their closeness.
  • Eva approached me , and her closeness made my senses come alive.
  • Closeness to Hollywood (with its fantasy world of entertainment bizazz) influenced strip architecture.

All 19 example sentences with closeness

Synonyms of closeness

Forms of closeness

pluralclosenesses

Origin of closeness

From close + -ness.

Words formed from closeness

Words that rhyme with closeness

Questions about closeness

What does closeness mean?
Closeness means the state of being close (all senses).
What is closeness in Hindi?
Closeness in Hindi is आत्मीयता (ātmīytā). See Closeness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is closeness?
Closeness is a noun.
How do you pronounce closeness?
Closeness is pronounced /ˈkləʊs.nəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of closeness?
The plural of closeness is closenesses.

Words near closeness in the dictionary

  1. closemouth
  2. closemouthed
  3. closemouths
  4. closen
  5. closened
  6. closeness
  7. closenesses
  8. closening
  9. closens
  10. closeout
  11. closeouts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: closeness (page history and authors); आत्मीयता (Hindi) (page history and authors); closeness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); নৈকট্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); അടുപ്പം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); closeness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); لاگا (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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