closeness


closeness (http://definr.com/closeness)

     n 1: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their
          closeness grew as the night wore on" [syn: intimacy]
     2: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small
        distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into
        action" [syn: nearness] [ant: farness]
     3: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness,
         niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness,
         tightfistedness]
     4: characterized by a lack of openness esp about one's actions
        or purposes [syn: secretiveness] [ant: openness]
     5: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a
        mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn: familiarity,
         intimacy]