1. (

• closeness ,
• intimacy

) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on" ;

2. (

• stuffiness ,
• closeness ,

) the quality of being close and poorly ventilated ;

3. (

• nearness ,
• closeness

) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action" ;

4. (

• meanness ,
• minginess ,
• niggardliness ,
• niggardness ,
• parsimony ,
• parsimoniousness ,
• tightness ,
• tightfistedness ,
• closeness ,

) extreme stinginess ;

5. (

• closeness ,
• secretiveness ,

) characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) ;

6. (

• familiarity ,
• intimacy ,
• closeness ,

) close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" ;