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Antonyms for closer
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kloh-zer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkloʊ zər |
Definition of closer
Origin :- "one who closes" anything, 1610s, agent noun from close (v.).
- adj near, nearby
- adj dense, cramped
- adj accurate, precise
- adj intimate
- adj oppressive, humid
- adj secret, reserved
- adj stingy
- We have no thought to impede the paths to closer relationship.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Closer to her than the hospital was life in the raw that night.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I got closer to the Jap than I had ever been before; and by gracious, Linda!
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- She drew her arms about his neck, and clung to him the closer.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- With which words she folded her in a closer embrace, and a really fond one.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- But Charley would only bury his face the closer, and keep silence.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Billy and Barbara take a step nearer to each other, but can go no closer.
- Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
- The good man smiled a greasy smile; and drew her closer to him.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Monsieur Defarge whispered it closer in his ear, and frowned heavily.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- She held him closer round the neck, and rocked him on her breast like a child.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for closer
- abutting
- across the street
- adjacent
- adjoining
- airless
- approaching
- around the corner
- at hand
- attached
- breathless
- buddy-buddy
- buttoning one's lip
- buttoning up
- chintzy
- choky
- chummy
- circumscribed
- clamming up
- close-grained
- close-lipped
- closefisted
- closemouthed
- compact
- confidential
- confined
- confining
- congested
- conscientious
- consolidated
- contiguous
- convenient
- cozy with
- cropped
- crowded
- dear
- devoted
- exact
- faithful
- familiar
- firm
- fusty
- give or take a little
- handy
- hard by
- heavy
- hidden
- hush-hush
- illiberal
- immediate
- imminent
- impending
- impenetrable
- impermeable
- in spitting distance
- in the ball park
- inseparable
- jam-packed
- kissing cousins
- lifelike
- literal
- loving
- making it with
- mean
- mingy
- miserly
- moldy
- motionless
- muggy
- mum's the word
- musty
- narrow
- near-at-hand
- nearest
- nearly
- neighboring
- next
- niggardly
- nigh
- on the Q. T.
- on top of each other
- packed
- palsy-walsy
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- penurious
- private
- proximate
- related
- resembling
- restricted
- reticent
- retired
- secluded
- secretive
- short
- silent
- similar
- skimpy
- skinflint
- solid
- stagnant
- stale
- stale-smelling
- sticky
- stifling
- strict
- stuffy
- substantial
- suffocating
- sultry
- sweltering
- sweltry
- taciturn
- thick
- thick as thieves
- thick with
- tight
- tight chops
- tight-fisted
- tight-lipped
- uncomfortable
- uncommunicative
- under one's nose
- unforthcoming
- ungenerous
- unventilated
- warm
- zipping one's lips
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