a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; their closeness grew as the night wore on
[ Syn: intimacy ]
the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
[ Syn: stuffiness ]
the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action
[ Syn: nearness ]
extreme stinginess
[ Syn: meanness , minginess , niggardliness , niggardness , parsimony , parsimoniousness , tightness , tightfistedness ]
characterized by a lack of openness (especially about ones actions or purposes)
[ Syn: secretiveness ]
close or warm friendship; the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
[ Syn: familiarity , intimacy ]