-
adjective
near, nearby
Synonyms: abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under one’s nose, warm
Antonyms: away, beyond, detached, far, faraway
-
adjective
dense, cramped
Synonyms: circumscribed, close-grained, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, narrow, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight
Antonyms: loose, open, uncramped
-
adjective
accurate, precise
Synonyms: conscientious, exact, faithful, lifelike, literal, resembling, similar, strict
Antonyms: far, imprecise, inaccurate
-
adjective
intimate
Synonyms: attached, buddy-buddy, chummy, confidential, cozy with, dear, devoted, familiar, inseparable, kissing cousins, loving, making it with, on top of each other, palsy-walsy, private, related, thick, thick as thieves, thick with
Antonyms: unfriendly
-
adjective
oppressive, humid
Synonyms: airless, breathless, choky, confined, fusty, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, stale-smelling, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, sweltering, sweltry, thick, tight, uncomfortable, unventilated
Antonyms: cool, dry
-
adjective
secret, reserved
Synonyms: buttoning one’s lip, buttoning up, clamming up, close-lipped, closemouthed, hidden, hush-hush, mum’s the word, on the Q. T., private, reticent, retired, secluded, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight chops, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, zipping one’s lips
Antonyms: open, unreserved
-
adjective
stingy
Synonyms: chintzy, closefisted, illiberal, mean, mingy, miserly, narrow, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, skimpy, skinflint, tight, tight-fisted, ungenerous
Antonyms: generous, giving
-
noun
ending
Synonyms: adjournment, cease, cessation, completion, conclusion, culmination, denouement, desistance, end, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, opening, start
-
verb
obstruct, seal
Synonyms: bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, screen, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stopper, stop up, stuff, turn off
Antonyms: open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal, unstop
-
verb
complete, finish, stop
Synonyms: button down, button up, call it a day, call off, cap, cease, clear, clinch, conclude, consummate, culminate, cut loose, determine, discontinue, do, drop the curtain, end, fold, fold up, halt, pack it in, put a lid on, put to bed, sew up, shut down, shutter, terminate, ultimate, wind down, wind up, wrap up
Antonyms: begin, continue, not finish, open, start
-
verb
join, unite
Synonyms: agree, bind, chain, coalesce, come together, connect, couple, encounter, fuse, grapple, inclose, meet, put together, tie, tie up
Antonyms: disjoin, disunite, open