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Close

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Similar meaning 82

Accurate 84% connected

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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Accurate 84% connected

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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Adjacent 84% connected

Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.

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Adjacent 84% connected

Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.

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Ambient 84% connected

Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.

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Ambient 84% connected

Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.

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Appressed 84% connected

Alt. of Apprest

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Appressed 84% connected

Alt. of Apprest

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Approximate 84% connected

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

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Approximate 84% connected

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

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Boon 84% connected

A prayer or petition.

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Boon 84% connected

A prayer or petition.

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Careful 84% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Careful 84% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Confidential 84% connected

Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

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Confidential 84% connected

Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

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Confined 84% connected

of Confine

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Confined 84% connected

of Confine

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Contiguous 84% connected

In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.

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Contiguous 84% connected

In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.

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Cosy 84% connected

See Cozy.

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Cosy 84% connected

See Cozy.

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Cozy 84% connected

Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.

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Cozy 84% connected

Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.

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Dear 84% connected

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

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Dear 84% connected

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

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Encompassing 84% connected

of Encompass

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Encompassing 84% connected

of Encompass

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Enveloping 84% connected

of Envelop

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Enveloping 84% connected

of Envelop

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Equal 84% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

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Equal 84% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

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Familiar 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Familiar 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Fine 84% connected

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

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Fine 84% connected

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Hot 84% connected

of Hight

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Hot 84% connected

of Hight

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Immediate 84% connected

Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.

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Immediate 84% connected

Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.

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Imminent 84% connected

Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.

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Imminent 84% connected

Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.

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Impendent 84% connected

Impending; threatening.

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Impendent 84% connected

Impending; threatening.

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Impending 84% connected

of Impend

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Impending 84% connected

of Impend

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Incommunicative 84% connected

Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed…

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Incommunicative 84% connected

Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed…

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Intimate 84% connected

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

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Intimate 84% connected

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

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Near 84% connected

At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

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Near 84% connected

At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

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Nestled 84% connected

of Nestle

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Nestled 84% connected

of Nestle

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Next 84% connected

Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

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Next 84% connected

Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

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Private 84% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

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Private 84% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

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Proximate 84% connected

Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.

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Proximate 84% connected

Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.

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Restrained 84% connected

of Restrain

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Restrained 84% connected

of Restrain

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Short 84% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Short 84% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Snuggled 84% connected

of Snuggle

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Snuggled 84% connected

of Snuggle

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Stingy 84% connected

Stinging; able to sting.

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Stingy 84% connected

Stinging; able to sting.

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Surrounding 84% connected

of Surround

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Surrounding 84% connected

of Surround

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Tight 84% connected

of Tie

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Tight 84% connected

of Tie

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Ungenerous 84% connected

Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.

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Ungenerous 84% connected

Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.

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Walking 84% connected

of Walk

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Walking 84% connected

of Walk

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Warm 84% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

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Warm 84% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

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Verb group 2

Manner of action 14

Adjourn 76% connected

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of…

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Bang 76% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Bung 76% connected

The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.

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Conglutinate 76% connected

Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Plug 76% connected

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

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Retire 76% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Seal 76% connected

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

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Secure 76% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Shutter 76% connected

One who shuts or closes.

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Slam 76% connected

To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

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Slat 76% connected

A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Narrower term 6

Anticlimax 76% connected

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

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Bathos 76% connected

A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

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Coda 76% connected

A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

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Epilogue 76% connected

A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.

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Finale 76% connected

Close; termination

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Peroration 76% connected

The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.

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Broader term 28

Approach 76% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Barricade 76% connected

A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually…

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Blockade 76% connected

The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Cease 76% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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Complete 76% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Discontinue 76% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Engage 76% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Finishing 76% connected

of Finish

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Near 76% connected

At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

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Prosecute 76% connected

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…

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Pursue 76% connected

To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

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Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Subdivision 76% connected

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

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Terminate 76% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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Trade 76% connected

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Derivationally related 14

Closeness 74% connected

The state of being close.

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Closeness 74% connected

The state of being close.

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Closing 74% connected

of Close

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Closing 74% connected

of Close

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Closure 74% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Closure 74% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Completion 74% connected

The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Completion 74% connected

The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Meanness 74% connected

The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Meanness 74% connected

The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Nearness 74% connected

The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Nearness 74% connected

The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Causes 1

Shut 72% connected

of Shut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Containing whole 5

Address 70% connected

To aim; to direct.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Narration 70% connected

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Recital 70% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Speech 70% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Yarn 70% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Attribute 2

Distance 66% connected

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separati…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Distance 66% connected

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separati…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Synonym 24

Airless 92% connected

Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cheeseparing 92% connected

A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Closely 92% connected

In a close manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Closemouthed 92% connected

Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Closing 92% connected

of Close

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Conclude 92% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Conclusion 92% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Confining 92% connected

of Confine

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

End 92% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ending 92% connected

of End

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Faithful 92% connected

Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Finale 92% connected

Close; termination

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Finis 92% connected

An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Finish 92% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fold 92% connected

To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Last 92% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Near 92% connected

At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Nigh 92% connected

Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Secretive 92% connected

Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Shut 92% connected

of Shut

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Skinny 92% connected

Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Snug 92% connected

Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stuffy 92% connected

Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tight 92% connected

of Tie

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Near synonym 1

End 82% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

general 58% interchangeable

Close overlaps with end, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Antonym 6

Distant 94% connected

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Distant 94% connected

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Far 94% connected

A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Far 94% connected

A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Open 94% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Open 94% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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