Close

What do we mean by close?

Being near in space or time. adjective

Being near in relationship. adjective

Bound by mutual interests, loyalties, or affections; intimate. adjective

Having little or no space between elements or parts; tight and compact. adjective

Being near the surface; short. adjective

Being on the brink of. adjective

Decided by a narrow margin; almost even. adjective

Faithful to the original. adjective

Very attentive; rigorous; thorough. adjective

Shut; closed. adjective

Shut in; enclosed. adjective

Confining or narrow; crowded. adjective

Fitting tightly. adjective

Warm and humid or stuffy. adjective

Confined to specific persons or groups. adjective

Strictly confined or guarded. adjective

Secretive; reticent. adjective

Giving or spending with reluctance; stingy. adjective

Not easily acquired; scarce. adjective

Pronounced with the tongue near the palate, as the ee in meet. Used of vowels. adjective

An end or conclusion.

The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

A grapple in wrestling.

The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

A double bar marking the end.

(travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

Words that are spelled similarly to close:
close, lose, chose, clove, clone, cloze, cose, clote, clouse, cloke, alose, clos, crose, glose, closh, cloe, closs, eclose, cluse, clore, clase, klose, clise, clode, blose, clope, clcse, closd, ulose.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word close:
proximity, ties, friend, friendship, relatives, ally, friends, relationship, border, quarters, placing, links, associate, relative, voting, gap, cooperation, contact, relationships.

Words that rhyme with close:
rose, nose, gross, impose, morose, expose, pose, dispose, clothes, repose, prose, bellicose, propose, most, dose, compose, chose, juxtapose, hose, suppose, oppose, transpose, grandiose, disclose, depose, enclose, throes, diagnose, arose, woes, those, adipose, ose, logos, engross, doze, interpose, toes, glucose, primrose, pros, adios, comatose, cellulose, superimpose, presuppose, decompose, goes, predispose, silos, foreclose, hoes, shows, noes, fructose, brose, ambrose, foes, overdose, mose, bose, froze, gloze, los, knows, pantyhose, pharos, dominoes, cloze, cose, eaux, roes, demos, psoas, croze, photos, vose, blows, ohs, bulldoze, dominos, lead by the nose, shadows, tea rose, comoros, throws, bows, grose, gros, gose, bongos, meadows, elbows, plainclothes, ratios, grosz, studios, gyros, melrose, bowse.

Adjectives that are often used to describe close:
real, complimentary, very, less, more, little, abrupt, successful, final, damn, full, sudden, pretty, fitting, speedy, right, triumphant, tragic, premature, mighty, open, hexagonal, worth, quiet, formal, awful, happy, dramatic, average, satisfactory, peaceful, deep, official, appropriate, dead, bent, potential, grave, house, brilliant, lean, disastrous, front, victorious, visible, void, perfect, sound, rapid, melancholy, extreme, available, solemn, sad, inevitable, glorious, darn, untimely, green, definite, flat, quick, cubic, secret.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective close:
relationship, friend, friends, proximity, contact, attention, association, connection, ties, relation, relationships, quarters, relations, examination, range, relatives, touch, cooperation, resemblance, look, observation, scrutiny, study, supervision, friendship, watch, links, relative, agreement, inspection, collaboration, approximation, correlation, reading, alliance, second, contacts, ups, connections, associates, operation, correspondence, similarity, analysis, associate, link, eye, control, call, monitoring, support, affinity, parallel, confinement, behind, kin, friendships, observer, analogy, connexion, coordination, union, liaison, interaction, bond, intimacy, family, acquaintance, application, vicinity, parallels, corporation, substitutes, communication, surveillance, ally, prisoner, fit, combat, packing, identification, student, apposition, consultation, encounter, formation, embrace, communion, succession, kinship, calls, tie, harmony, investigation.

Consonant match to close:
class, clause, clothes, claus, cloze, claws, klaus, clues, clouse, clos, clays, clews, clisp, cleese, closs, claes, kloss, clayes, clase, klose, klass, klos, klees, clowes, klaas, clauss, klas, claeys, kleis, klus, klase, kloos, kleiss, kless.

Words that sound like close:
close, class, clothes, clas, clos, klaas, klaus, closs, clouse, clous, classe, klass, clus, cleese, klas, klose, cluse, cloze, kloss, clauss, klasse, klos, klus, clis, klis, closer, clues, claws, clause, chloe, claus, clothe, clow, cloe, cloaks, clo, cles, chlo, clou, khloe, clase, clays, claas, clise, klo, claes, clews, clowes, klase, cloys, klees, kloos, klez, callose, claeys, kleis, cloughs, cohse, glass, gloss, glows, glas, glace, gliss, glasse, glis, gless, glos, glose, gloze, glauce, alose, elos, glosse, case, callous, cass, cas, callus, cla, calus, calice, cace, clacks, calis, callis, casse, cayce, clai, cayuse, caisse, calas, cholas, a class, clach, cauce, caulis, a-class, chla, ccos.