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closeness
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closeness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nearness |
| Synonyms: | adjacency, compactness, density, illiberality, intimacy, parsimony, penuriousness, propinquity, proximity, reticence, secrecy, secretiveness, stinginess, strictness |
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
| Synonyms: | amore, ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen* |
| Antonyms: | animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liking or inclination toward something |
| Synonyms: | affection, attraction, closeness, compatibility, cotton, cup of tea, druthers, fondness, good vibrations, leaning, partiality, rapport, same wavelength, simpatico, sympathy, thing*, weakness* |
| Notes: | an affinity is a relationship by marriage and consanguinity is a blood relationship |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | similarity |
| Synonyms: | alikeness, alliance, analogy, association, closeness, connection, correspondence, kinship, likeness, relation, relationship, resemblance, semblance, similitude |
| Notes: | an affinity is a relationship by marriage and consanguinity is a blood relationship |
| Antonyms: | dissimilarity |
| Main Entry: | communion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affinity, agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, association, close relationship, closeness, communing, concord, contact, converse, fellowship, harmony, intercommunication, intercourse, intimacy, participation, rapport, sympathy, togetherness, unity |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, contention, disagreement, discord, disunity, division, hostility, variance |
| Main Entry: | contact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | touching |
| Synonyms: | approximation, closeness, collision, connection, contiguity, contingence, hit, impingement, junction, juxtaposition, nearness, propinquity, proximity, relation, strike, taction, touch, union |
| Antonyms: | avoidance |
| Main Entry: | density |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulk, mass |
| Synonyms: | body, closeness, compactness, concretion, consistency, crowdedness, denseness, frequency, heaviness, impenetrability, massiveness, quantity, solidity, substantiality, thickness, tightness |
| Antonyms: | openness, sparsity, thinness |
| Main Entry: | familiarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendliness |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, acquaintanceship, boldness, closeness, ease, fellowship, forwardness, freedom, freshness, friendship, informality, intimacy, liberty, naturalness, openness, presumption, sociability, unceremoniousness |
| Antonyms: | aloofness, cool, distance, frigidity, reserve, unfriendliness |
| Main Entry: | fidelity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conformity to a standard |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, adherence, adhesion, attachment, closeness, constancy, correspondence, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, loyalty, naturalism, preciseness, precision, realism, scrupulousness, verism |
| Antonyms: | inconstancy, nonconformity, unsteadiness, vacillation, wavering |
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