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Nouns (14)

n. a feature on a switch having the value "off"

n. event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"

conclusion, ending, closing, close

n. the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."

conclusion, finish, terminus, close, finale, finis, last

n. the temporal end; the concluding time; "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"

Verbs (18)

v. complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"

v. finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"

close, shut

v. move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"

close, come to a close

v. come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"

fold, close, shut down, close down

v. cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"

exit, close, quit

v. to quit any application or software program

shutdown, close, shut, become closed, shut down

v. become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"

Adverbs (15)

past, by

adv. "every hour, a train goes past"

aside, away, by, in reserve

adv. "Put aside some money"

aside, by, apart, on one side, set to one side

adv. "She put her sewing by when he entered"

close, close up, near, at close range

adv. at close range

Adjectives (30)

adj. rigorously attentive; strict and thorough; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"

adj. at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"

adj. close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"

side, bye, by

adj. located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch"

close, near

adj. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "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"

close, confining

adj. crowded; "close quarters"

snug, close

adj. fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit"

close, faithful, reliable

adj. marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"

penny-pinching, close, cheeseparing

adj. giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

close, close-cropped, close-cut

adj. used of hair or haircuts; "a close military haircut"

close, stuffy, airless, unaired

adj. lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"

close, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped, close-lipped

adj. inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

Fuzzynyms (106)

cessation, surcease

n. a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

break, interruption, abrupt change, interrupt

n. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

termination, expiration, expiry

n. a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"

climax, culmination

n. the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

mantle, curtain, drape, drapery, pall

n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

swan song

n. a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)

find, conclude, bring to a close, come to a conclusion about

v. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

chink

v. fill the chinks of, as with caulking

fix, fasten, secure, make fast, fix firmly

v. cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"

latch

v. fasten with a latch; "latch the door"

cinch, girth, put a cinch on, tie a cinch around

v. tie a cinch around; "cinch horses"

lock, fasten with a lock

v. fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"

connect, plug in

v. plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight"

join, bring together, cause to be joined

v. cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"

join, conjoin, come together, make contact

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

link, yoke

v. link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"

gather, meet, assemble, forgather, foregather

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

find, conclude, bring to a close, come to a conclusion about

v. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

block

v. shape by using a block, as of a hat

foul, choke, clog, back up, choke off, congest, clog up

v. become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

fuse

v. become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature"

join, conjoin, come together, make contact

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

attentive

adj. (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor"

thick

adj. (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"

minute, narrow

adj. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

inconvenient, cramped, constricted, uncomfortably small

adj. constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

small, little

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

right, correct

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

faithful

adj. steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"

literal, actual, genuine

adj. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

exact

adj. marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"

solid

adj. characterized by good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit"

choking, stifling, smothering, suffocating

adj. causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"

congested, engorged

adj. overfull as with blood

inconvenient, cramped, constricted, uncomfortably small

adj. constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

crowded

adj. overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"

back, backward, in the opposite direction, fro, in the reverse direction

adv. "He faced backward"

late, belatedly, tardily, later than usual, later than expected

adv. later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"

Synonyms (92)

enclose, inclose, shut in

v. surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

assiduous, studious

adj. marked by care and effort; "made a studious attempt to fix the television set"

solicitous, careful of, protective of

adj. "careful of her feelings"; "extremely solicitous in matters of behavior"

certain, sure

adj. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"

conscientious, meticulous, painstaking, scrupulous

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

elaborate, detailed, elaborated

adj. developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"

minute, narrow

adj. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

overcareful, too careful

adj. excessively or unduly careful

thorough, thoroughgoing

adj. painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is thorough"; "thorough research"

parenthetic, parenthetical

adj. qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks"

peripheral

adj. related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

secondary

adj. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"

supplementary, supplemental

adj. added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes"

claustrophobic

adj. uncomfortably closed or hemmed in; "a claustrophobic little room"

shut-in, homebound, housebound

adj. confined usually by illness

in childbed

adj. (confined)

snowbound

adj. confined or shut in by heavy snow

stormbound, storm-bound

adj. delayed or confined or cut off by a storm; "the airport was filled with stormbound passengers"

weather-bound

adj. delayed or shut in by bad weather; "weather-bound traffic"; "irritable weather-bound children"

binding, constricting

adj. hindering freedom of movement; "tight garments are uncomfortably binding"

dead-on, precise

adj. accurate and to the point; "a dead-on feel for characterization"; "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott

high-fidelity, high-fi

adj. characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction; "a high-fidelity recording"; "a hi-fi system"

true, dead on target

adj. accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target"

mean, beggarly

adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

cheap, chinchy, chintzy

adj. embarrassingly stingy

closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted

adj. unwilling to part with money

grudging, niggardly, scrimy

adj. petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

meager, meagre, scrimpy

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

parsimonious, penurious

adj. excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

shortened, abbreviated, curtailed, sawed-off, truncated

adj. cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"

curtal

adj. (obsolete) cut short; "a dog with a curtal tail"

brief, mini

adj. (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"

shortish

adj. somewhat short

shortened, telescoped

adj. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"

airtight

adj. having no weak points; "an airtight defense"; "an airtight argument"

fuggy

adj. (British informal) poorly ventilated

unaerated, unoxygenated

adj. (used of blood) not supplied with oxygen

unvented

adj. not provided with vents

blank

adj. void of expression; "a blank stare"

deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive

adj. deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"

guarded, noncommittal, unrevealing

adj. refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like; "her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together"

incommunicado

adj. without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees"

mum, silent

adj. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent"

unpronounceable, unutterable

adj. very difficult to pronounce correctly; "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters"

Antonyms (50)

open

n. a feature on a switch having the value "on"

beginning

n. the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"

origination, origin, genesis, inception

n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

opening

n. the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"

start, begin, commence, cause to start, set in motion

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

open, set in action

v. begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech"

start, begin, commence, start up, embark on, get off the ground

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

start, begin, commence, cause to start, set in motion

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

open, open up, cause to open

v. cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"

start, begin

v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

open, open up

v. start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business"

open, open up, become open

v. become open; "The door opened"

careless

adj. marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"

distant

adj. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"

distant

adj. far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"

remote, far, removed

adj. far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

far, distant

adj. at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"

faraway, far-off

adj. very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times"

remote, far-off, removed

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

remote, removed

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

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