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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : verb klohz; adjective, adverb klohs or for 51, klohz; noun klohz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, klohs for 61, 62, 66 |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb kloʊz; adjective, adverb kloʊs or for 51, kloʊz; noun kloʊz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, kloʊs for 61, 62, 66 |
Top 10 synonyms for closest Other synonyms for the word closest
- abutting
- across the street
- 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
- cozy with
- cropped
- crowded
- exact
- faithful
- 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
- resembling
- restricted
- reticent
- retired
- secluded
- secretive
- short
- silent
- skimpy
- skinflint
- stagnant
- stale
- stale-smelling
- sticky
- stifling
- strict
- stuffy
- substantial
- suffocating
- sultry
- sweltering
- sweltry
- taciturn
- thick
- thick as thieves
- thick with
- tight chops
- tight-fisted
- tight-lipped
- uncomfortable
- uncommunicative
- under one's nose
- unforthcoming
- ungenerous
- unventilated
- zipping one's lips
Définition of closest
Origin :- c.1200, "to shut, cover in," from Old French clos- (past participle stem of clore "to shut, to cut off from"), 12c., from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere "to shut, close; to block up, make inaccessible; put an end to; shut in, enclose, confine" (always -clusus, -cludere in compounds).
- The Latin word might be from the possible PIE root *klau- "hook, peg, crooked or forked branch" (used as a bar or bolt in primitive structures); cf. Latin clavis "key," clavus "nail," claustrum "bar, bolt, barrier," claustra "dam, wall, barricade, stronghold;" Greek kleidos (genitive) "bar, bolt, key," klobos "cage;" Old Irish clo "nail," Middle Irish clithar "hedge, fence;" Old Church Slavonic ključi "hook, key," ključiti "shut;" Lithuanian kliuti "to catch, be caught on," kliaudziu "check, hinder," kliuvu "clasp, hang;" Old High German sliozan "shut," German schließen "to shut," Schlüssel "key."
- Also partly from Old English beclysan "close in, shut up." Intransitive sense "become shut" is from late 14c. Meaning "draw near to" is from 1520s. Intransitive meaning "draw together, come together" is from 1550s, hence the idea in military verbal phrase close ranks (mid-17c.), later with figurative extensions. Meaning "bring to an end, finish" is from c.1400; intransitive sense "come to an end" is from 1826. Of stock prices, from 1860. Meaning "bring together the parts of" (a book, etc.) is from 1560s. Related: Closed; closing.
- adj near, nearby
- adj dense, cramped
- adj accurate, precise
- adj intimate
- adj oppressive, humid
- adj secret, reserved
- adj stingy
- I think he'd be the closest we'd ever come to gettin' the master back.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Only by the closest attention could one hear or see in a room like this.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- This matter will not be allowed to pass off without the closest investigation, believe me.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Now, it happened that our Congressional District was one of the closest.
- Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
- Since then the closest friendship has united the two nations.
- Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root
- He was the closest friend I ever had, Bruno—he was my father.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- His closest parentage was defined in the statement that he was a Russian.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- Their identity is often a secret even to their closest associates.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- Of all the creations of man she is the closest partner of his toil and courage.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- "I will return to my family," said he to two of his closest friends.
- Extract from : « American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt » by Edward Stratemeyer
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