Synonyms: finale, finis, close, closing curtain
Definition: the concluding part of any performance
Similar words: finish, finishing
Definition: the act of finishing
Usage: his best finish in a major tournament was third; the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause
Synonyms: close, closing, conclusion, end, ending
Definition: the last section of a communication
Usage: in conclusion I want to say...
Similar words: section, subdivision
Definition: a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
Usage: he always turns first to the business section; the history of this work is discussed in the next section
Synonyms: conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point, close
Definition: the temporal end; the concluding time
Usage: the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell; the market was up at the finish; they were playing better at the close of the season
Definition: the point in time at which something ends
Usage: the end of the year; the ending of warranty period
Synonyms: close
Definition: finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
Usage: The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning
Similar words: finish, complete
Definition: come or bring to a finish or an end
Usage: He finished the dishes; She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree; The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours
Synonyms: close
Definition: complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
Usage: We closed on the house on Friday; They closed the deal on the building
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
Definition: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
Usage: close the circuit; close a wound; close a book; close up an umbrella
Similar words: join, bring together
Definition: cause to become joined or linked
Usage: join these two parts so that they fit together
Definition: become closed
Usage: The windows closed with a loud bang
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Definition: fill or stop up
Usage: Can you close the cracks with caulking?
Synonyms: close
Definition: bar access to
Usage: Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours
Similar words: stop, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade
Definition: render unsuitable for passage
Usage: block the way; barricade the streets; stop the busy road
Synonyms: close
Definition: bring together all the elements or parts of
Usage: Management closed ranks
Similar words: join, bring together
Definition: cause to become joined or linked
Usage: join these two parts so that they fit together
Synonyms: close
Definition: draw near
Usage: The probe closed with the space station
Similar words: come near, come on, go up, near, draw close, draw near, approach
Definition: move towards
Usage: We were approaching our destination; They are drawing near; The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Synonyms: close, come together
Definition: come together, as if in an embrace
Usage: Her arms closed around her long lost relative
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Synonyms: close
Definition: change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Synonyms: close
Definition: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
Definition: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
Usage: This sad scene ended the movie
Synonyms: close
Definition: engage at close quarters
Usage: close with the enemy
Similar words: prosecute, pursue, engage
Definition: carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
Usage: She pursued many activities; They engaged in a discussion
Synonyms: close
Definition: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
Usage: The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
Definition: come to a close
Usage: The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin
Similar words: cease, stop, terminate, finish, end
Definition: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Usage: the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed; Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other; My property ends by the bushes; The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Synonyms: close
Definition: be priced or listed when trading stops
Usage: The stock market closed high this Friday; My new stocks closed at $59 last night
Similar words: trade
Definition: be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
Usage: The stock traded around $20 a share
Definition: marked by fidelity to an original
Usage: a close translation; a faithful copy of the portrait; a faithful rendering of the observed facts
Similar words: accurate
Definition: conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
Usage: an accurate reproduction; the accounting was accurate; accurate measurements; an accurate scale
Synonyms: close
Definition: rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
Usage: close supervision; paid close attention; a close study; kept a close watch on expenditures
Similar words: careful
Definition: exercising caution or showing care or attention
Usage: they were careful when crossing the busy street; be careful to keep her shoes clean; did very careful research; careful art restorers; careful of the rights of others; careful about one's behavior
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
Similar words: adjacent
Definition: near or close to but not necessarily touching
Usage: lands adjacent to the mountains; New York and adjacent cities
Similar words: nearby
Definition: close at hand
Usage: the nearby towns; concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus
Similar words: warm
Definition: of a seeker; near to the object sought
Usage: you're getting warm; hot on the trail
Similar words: hot
Definition: of a seeker; very near to the object sought
Usage: you are hot
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: next, adjacent, side by side
Definition: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
Usage: had adjacent rooms; in the next room; the person sitting next to me; our rooms were side by side
Similar words: ambient
Definition: completely enveloping
Usage: the ambient air; ambient sound; the ambient temperature
Similar words: appressed, adpressed
Definition: pressed close to or lying flat against something
Usage: adpressed hairs along the plant's stem; igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force-L.V.Pirsson
Similar words: approximate, close together
Definition: located close together
Usage: with heads close together; approximate leaves grow together but are not united
Similar words: close at hand, at hand, imminent, impendent, impending
Definition: close in time; about to occur
Usage: retribution is at hand; some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand; in imminent danger; his impending retirement
Similar words: at hand, close at hand
Definition: close in space; within reach
Usage: the town is close at hand
Similar words: close-hauled
Definition: having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible
Similar words: close set, close-set
Definition: set close together
Usage: close-set eyes; close-set teeth; her eyes are close set
Similar words: immediate, contiguous
Definition: very close or connected in space or time
Usage: contiguous events; immediate contact; the immediate vicinity; the immediate past
Similar words: encompassing, circumferent, surrounding
Definition: closely encircling
Usage: encompassing mountain ranges; the surrounding countryside
Similar words: enveloping
Definition: surrounding and closing in on or hemming in
Usage: the army's enveloping maneuver
Similar words: hand-to-hand
Definition: being at close quarters
Usage: hand-to-hand fighting
Similar words: juxtaposed
Definition: placed side by side often for comparison
Usage: juxtaposed pictures
Similar words: nestled, snuggled
Definition: drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
Usage: saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillside; like a baby snuggled in its mother's arms
Similar words: proximate
Definition: very close in space or time
Usage: proximate words; proximate houses
Similar words: scalelike
Definition: reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale
Usage: scalelike leaves
Similar words: walk-to, walking
Definition: close enough to be walked to
Usage: walking distance; the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory
Synonyms: close
Definition: close in relevance or relationship
Usage: a close family; we are all...in close sympathy with...; close kin; a close resemblance
Similar words: approximate, near
Definition: very close in resemblance
Usage: sketched in an approximate likeness; a near likeness
Similar words: boon
Definition: very close and convivial
Usage: boon companions
Similar words: buddy-buddy, chummy, thick
Definition: (used informally) associated on close terms
Usage: a close friend; the bartender was chummy with the regular customers; the two were thick as thieves for months
Similar words: close-knit, closely knit
Definition: held together as by social or cultural ties
Usage: a close-knit family; close-knit little villages; the group was closely knit
Similar words: confidential
Definition: denoting confidence or intimacy
Usage: a confidential approach; in confidential tone of voice
Similar words: cozy
Definition: suggesting connivance
Usage: a cozy arrangement with the police
Similar words: dear, near, good
Definition: with or in a close or intimate relationship
Usage: a good friend; my sisters and brothers are near and dear
Similar words: intimate, familiar
Definition: having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
Usage: on familiar terms; pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders
Similar words: intimate
Definition: marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
Usage: intimate friend; intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles - V.L. Parrington
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: uncommunicative, incommunicative
Definition: not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
Definition: crowded
Usage: close quarters
Similar words: confined
Definition: not free to move about
Definition: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
Usage: a close contest; a close election; a tight game
Similar words: equal
Definition: having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
Usage: on equal terms; all men are equal before the law
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: ungenerous, stingy
Definition: unwilling to spend
Usage: she practices economy without being stingy; an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
Synonyms: close
Definition: used of hair or haircuts
Usage: a close military haircut
Similar words: short
Definition: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Usage: short skirts; short hair; the board was a foot short; a short toss
Synonyms: close, close-fitting, snug
Definition: fitting closely but comfortably
Usage: a close fit
Similar words: tight
Definition: closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Usage: tight skirts; he hated tight starched collars; fingers closed in a tight fist; a tight feeling in his chest
Synonyms: close
Definition: confined to specific persons
Usage: a close secret
Similar words: private
Definition: confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
Usage: a private place; private discussions; private lessons; a private club; a private secretary; private property; the former President is now a private citizen; public figures struggle to maintain a private life
Synonyms: close
Definition: strictly confined or guarded
Usage: kept under close custody
Similar words: restrained
Definition: under restraint
Definition: of textiles
Usage: a close weave; smooth percale with a very tight weave
Similar words: fine
Definition: of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
Usage: wood with a fine grain; fine powdery snow; fine rain; batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave; covered with a fine film of dust
Synonyms: 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