closeness Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Close"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The state of being close.
    Half stifled by the closeness of the room. Swift.
    We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. Bacon.
    An affectation of closeness and covetousness. Addison.
    Syn. -- Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy; compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness; stinginess; literalness.

Webster 1913