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Closer

adverb

1.

(comparative of 'near' or 'close') within a shorter distance. Synonyms: nearer, nigher. "They drew nearer" , "Getting nearer to the true explanation"

noun

1.

A person who closes something.

2.

(baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game. Synonym: finisher.

Close

adjective

(compar. closer; superl. closest)

1.

At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other. "How close are we to town?" , "A close formation of ships" Antonym: distant.

2.

Close in relevance or relationship. "We are all...in close sympathy with..." , "Close kin" , "A close resemblance" Antonym: distant.

3.

Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances. Synonyms: near, nigh. "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" Antonym: far.

4.

Rigorously attentive; strict and thorough. "Paid close attention" , "A close study" , "Kept a close watch on expenditures"

5.

Marked by fidelity to an original. Synonym: faithful. "A faithful copy of the portrait" , "A faithful rendering of the observed facts"

6.

(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched. Synonym: tight. "A close election" , "A tight game"

7.

Crowded. Synonym: confining.

8.

Lacking fresh air. Synonyms: airless, stuffy, unaired. "The dreadfully close atmosphere" , "Hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"

9.

Of textiles. Synonym: tight. "Smooth percale with a very tight weave"

10.

Strictly confined or guarded.

11.

Confined to specific persons.

12.

Fitting closely but comfortably. Synonyms: close-fitting, snug.

13.

Used of hair or haircuts.

14.

Giving or spending with reluctance. Synonyms: cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching, skinny. "Very close (or near) with his money" , "A penny-pinching miserly old man"

15.

Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information. Synonyms: closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped.

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"Closer" Quotes from Famous Books

... sick members, help into lucrative employment, organize religious meetings, make the church life of the young bright, inspiring and noble, plan for sociables, entertainments for closer acquaintance and for raising money for Christian work and to use their pens for Christ among young men whom they know, and also ...

— Russell H. Conwell • Agnes Rush Burr

... the Signor's famed Amati violin—or talked of the latest scandal—always excepting that latest scandal of all which involved her own husband—in subdued murmurs with one of her intimates. In the dining-room the men drew closer together over their wine, and tore Lord Maulevrier's character to rags. Yea, they rent him with their teeth and gnawed the flesh from his bones, until there was not so much left of him as the ...

— Phantom Fortune, A Novel • M. E. Braddon

... that we are not very rigid about periods or climates, and that our long-ago people are of a generalised type. Our business is not to supply correct information on anthropological questions, but to call forth thought and originality, to present opportunities for closer observation than was ever evoked by observation lessons, and for experiments full of meaning and full of zest. Naturally we do not despise correct information, but these children are very young and all this work is tentative. We are never ...

— The Child Under Eight • E.R. Murray and Henrietta Brown Smith

... at him encouraging. He crawls up a little closer to me. It was rather dark where we sat, with a great greenish shadow dropping from the mainsail. The wind was up a little, and the light at helm ...

— Men, Women, and Ghosts • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

... suggested, on his behalf, that he might give his evidence from the seat which he then occupied, but this Mr. Chaffanbrass would by no means allow. His intercourse with Mr. Scott, he said, must be of a nearer, closer, and more confidential nature than such an arrangement as that would admit. A witness, to his way of thinking, was never an efficient witness till he had his arm on the rail of a witness-box. He must trouble Mr. Scott to descend from the grandeur of his present position; he might return ...

— The Three Clerks • Anthony Trollope

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