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 (especially 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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0