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closenesses

closenesses is the plural of closeness.

Meaning of closeness

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...

Questions about closenesses

What is closenesses the plural of?
Closenesses is the plural of closeness.

Words near closenesses in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: closenesses (page history and authors); closeness (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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