Definitions:

1. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together noun
   • their closeness grew as the night wore on
2. the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance noun
   • The sudden closeness of the dock sent them into action.

Synonyms:

• familiarity
• intimacy
• meanness
• minginess
• nearness
• niggardliness
• niggardness
• parsimoniousness
• parsimony
• secretiveness
• stuffiness
• tightfistedness
• tightness