Antonyms for close

Antonyms for (verb) close

Main entry: close, shut

Definition: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

Usage: Close the door; shut the window

Antonyms: open, open up

Definition: cause to open or to become open


Main entry: close, shut

Definition: become closed

Usage: The windows closed with a loud bang

Antonyms: open, open up

Definition: become open


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

Antonyms: open, open up

Definition: start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning


Antonyms for (adj) close

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

Antonyms: distant, remote

Definition: far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship


Antonyms: evil, evilness

Definition: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice


Antonyms: bad, badness

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


Antonyms: strange, unusual

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

Antonyms: harsh, coarse

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


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