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adjective as in near, nearby
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Strong matches
abutting, adjoining, approaching, handy, impending, nearest, neighboring, nigh, warm
adjective as in dense, cramped
Strong matches
circumscribed, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, narrow, packed, restricted, short, thick
Weak matches
close-grained, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, substantial
adjective as in accurate, precise
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adjective as in intimate
adjective as in oppressive, humid
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choky, confined, heavy, stale, stifling, suffocating, sweltering, thick
Weak matches
airless, breathless, fusty, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale-smelling, sticky, stuffy, sultry, sweltry, uncomfortable, unventilated
adjective as in secretive, reserved
adjective as in stingy
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chintzy, closefisted, illiberal, mingy, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, skimpy, tight-fisted, ungenerous
noun as in ending
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Strong matches
adjournment, cease, cessation, completion, culmination, denouement, end, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, wind-up
Weak match
verb as in obstruct, seal
verb as in complete, finish, stop
Strong matches
cap, cease, clear, clinch, consummate, culminate, determine, discontinue, fold, terminate, ultimate
Weak matches
button down, button up, call it a day, call off, cut loose, drop the curtain, fold up, pack it in, put a lid on, put to bed, sew up, shut down, wind down, wind up, wrap up
Example Sentences
This year, Nikolai Patrushev, former secretary of the Security Council of Russia and a close adviser to President Vladimir Putin, called the shortage of researchers a “serious obstacle to achieving technological independence” for the country.
As the interview draws to a close, the Sun now high in the sky, the researcher asks her the inevitable question: What’s the secret of living a long life?
"We improve the arrangement of the amino acids in several iterations until the new protein is very close to the desired structure," says Christopher Frank.
"We were able to show that the structures that we designed are very close to the structures that are actually produced," says Christopher Frank.
When chimpanzees played with only one other individual, it often involved close social partners, illustrating the strong connection between play, familiarity, and trust.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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