Main entry: close, shut
Definition: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
Usage: Close the door; shut the window
Main entry: close, shut
Definition: become closed
Usage: The windows closed with a loud bang
Main entry: close
Definition: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
Antonyms: open
Definition: display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
Main entry: close
Definition: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
Usage: The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board
Antonyms: open
Definition: begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
Main entry: close, close down, close up, shut down, fold
Definition: cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Usage: The owners decided to move and to close the factory; My business closes every night at 8 P.M.; close up the shop
Definition: start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
Main entry: close
Definition: at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
Usage: close to noon; how close are we to town?; a close formation of ships
Antonyms: distant
Definition: separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
Antonyms: mediate
Definition: acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
Antonyms: ultimate
Definition: furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
Main entry: close
Definition: close in relevance or relationship
Usage: a close family; we are all...in close sympathy with...; close kin; a close resemblance
Definition: far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
Definition: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
Definition: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Antonyms: bad
Definition: having undesirable or negative qualities
Antonyms: evil
Definition: morally bad or wrong
Antonyms: thin
Definition: of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
Antonyms: thin
Definition: relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
Antonyms: unfamiliar
Definition: not known or well known
Definition: being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
Antonyms: far
Definition: located at a great distance in time or space or degree
Main entry: near, nigh, close
Definition: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
Usage: near neighbors; in the near future; they are near equals; his nearest approach to success; a very near thing; a near hit by the bomb; she was near tears; she was close to tears; had a close call
Antonyms: far
Definition: located at a great distance in time or space or degree
Antonyms: cool
Definition: neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
Antonyms: cool
Definition: psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
Antonyms: cool
Definition: (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets
Antonyms: cold
Definition: having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
Antonyms: cold
Definition: extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
Main entry: close
Definition: used of hair or haircuts
Usage: a close military haircut
Antonyms: long
Definition: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
Antonyms: long
Definition: primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
Antonyms: long
Definition: (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
Antonyms: long
Definition: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
Antonyms: tall
Definition: great in vertical dimension; high in stature
Main entry: tight, close
Definition: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
Usage: a close contest; a close election; a tight game
Antonyms: differ
Definition: be different
Antonyms: unequal
Definition: poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
Main entry: close
Definition: confined to specific persons
Usage: a close secret
Antonyms: public
Definition: not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
Main entry: close, tight
Definition: of textiles
Usage: a close weave; smooth percale with a very tight weave
Definition: of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
Main entry: close, close-fitting, snug
Definition: fitting closely but comfortably
Usage: a close fit
Antonyms: leaky
Definition: permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases
Antonyms: loose
Definition: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Main entry: faithful, close
Definition: marked by fidelity to an original
Usage: a close translation; a faithful copy of the portrait; a faithful rendering of the observed facts
Antonyms: inaccurate
Definition: not exact
Main entry: cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny
Definition: giving or spending with reluctance
Usage: our cheeseparing administration; very close (or near) with his money; a penny-pinching miserly old man
Antonyms: generous
Definition: willing to give and share unstintingly
Antonyms: generous
Definition: not petty in character and mind
Main entry: close
Definition: rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
Usage: close supervision; paid close attention; a close study; kept a close watch on expenditures
Antonyms: careless
Definition: marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
Main entry: close
Definition: strictly confined or guarded
Usage: kept under close custody
Antonyms: unrestrained
Definition: not subject to restraint
Main entry: close, closelipped, closemouthed, tightlipped, secretive
Definition: inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
Usage: although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it
Antonyms: communicative, communicatory
Definition: able or tending to communicate
Main entry: close, confining
Definition: crowded
Usage: close quarters
Antonyms: unconfined
Definition: not confined
Antonyms: invasive
Definition: marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
Main entry: airless, unaired, stuffy, close
Definition: lacking fresh air
Usage: a dusty airless attic; the dreadfully close atmosphere; hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke
Antonyms: ventilated
Definition: exposed to air