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close

The word “close” has 1 syllable: close

It's pronounced as /kloʊz/

What is synonym and antonym for close?

In the thesaurus, “close” has 387 synonyms and 166 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for close along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for close

Antonyms for close

Meanings of close

  • noun
    1. An end or conclusion.
    2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
    3. A grapple in wrestling.
    4. The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
    5. A double bar marking the end.
    6. (travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
    7. (chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.
    8. (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
    9. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
    10. The common staircase in a tenement.
    11. A cathedral close.
    12. The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.
  • verb
    1. (physical) To remove a gap.
    2. (social) To finish, to terminate.
    3. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
    4. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
  • adjective
    1. Closed, shut.
    2. Narrow; confined.
    3. At a little distance; near.
    4. Intimate; well-loved.
    5. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
    6. (Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.
    7. (of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
    8. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
    9. Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
    10. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
    11. Short.
    12. Dense; solid; compact.
    13. Concise; to the point.
    14. Difficult to obtain.
    15. Parsimonious; stingy.
    16. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
    17. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
    18. Marked, evident.

Example Sentences

  • Please close the door when you leave.
  • They decided to close the shop early today.
  • Can you close the window? It's getting cold.
  • The school will close for the holidays next week.
  • She asked him to close the book gently.

On this page you'll find 553 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to close, such as: abate, abeyance, abutting, accessible, accessibly, accurate, acme.

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abbreviated

  • abated
  • abridged
  • abrupt
  • abstracted
  • aphoristic
  • bare
  • boiled down
  • breviloquent
  • brief
  • chunky
  • close
  • close to the ground
  • compact
  • compendiary
  • compendious
  • comprehensive
  • compressed
  • concentrated
  • concise
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • contracted
  • crisp
  • curt
  • curtailed
  • curtate
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut short
  • cut to the bone
  • cut-back
  • de-escalated
  • decreased
  • decurtate
  • deflated
  • digested
  • diminished
  • diminutive
  • docked
  • downsized
  • dwindled
  • economized
  • elided
  • encapsulated
  • ephemeral
  • epigrammatic
  • epitomized
  • fast
  • fleeting
  • impermanent
  • in a nutshell
  • inclusive
  • laconic
  • lessened
  • little
  • low
  • lowered
  • miniaturized
  • moderated
  • modified
  • momentary
  • not protracted
  • pared
  • petite
  • pint-sized
  • pithy
  • pocket
  • pocket-sized
  • precise
  • pruned
  • recapitulated
  • reduced
  • retrenched
  • runty
  • sawed-off
  • scaled-down
  • sententious
  • short
  • short and sweet
  • short-lived
  • short-range
  • short-term
  • shortened
  • shortish
  • shrank
  • shrunk
  • skimpy
  • slashed
  • slight
  • small
  • squat
  • squatty
  • stocky
  • stubby
  • stunted
  • subtracted
  • succinct
  • sudden
  • summarized
  • summary
  • summed up
  • syncopated
  • synoptic
  • tapered
  • terse
  • thick
  • thickset
  • tiny
  • to the point
  • transient
  • transitory
  • trimmed
  • truncated
  • undersized
  • unprolonged
  • unsustained
  • wee

dam

dammed

damming

  • bar
  • barricade
  • blocking
  • brake
  • bunging
  • calking
  • caulking
  • check
  • chinking
  • choke
  • choking
  • clog
  • clogging
  • close
  • clotting
  • confine
  • congesting
  • corking
  • filling
  • flooding
  • furring
  • glutting
  • gridlocking
  • hinder
  • hold in
  • impede
  • inundating
  • jamming
  • obstruct
  • obstructing
  • occluding
  • overwhelming
  • packing
  • plugging
  • repacking
  • repress
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • restuffing
  • retard
  • sealing
  • silting
  • slow
  • spiling
  • stop up
  • stoppering
  • stopping
  • stoppling
  • stuffing
  • suppress
  • swamping

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