What is "closer" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does closer mean in English? Meaning of closer definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "closer" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "closer": a person who closes something

Noun

  • Meaning: a person who closes something
  • Example: whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up
  • Synonyms: closer
  • Hypernyms: individual mortal person somebody someone soul
  • Meaning of "closer": (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

    Adverb

  • Meaning: (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance
  • Example: come closer, my dear! they drew nearer getting nearer to the true explanation
  • Synonyms: closer nearer nigher
  • Meaning of "closer": (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game

    Noun

  • Meaning: (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
  • Synonyms: closer finisher
  • Hyponyms: slammer
  • Hypernyms: fireman relief pitcher reliever
  • Adjective: comparative form of close: more close 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:  [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:  [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
  • Synonyms:

    convenient, warm, adjacent, neighboring, adjoining, handy, impending, approaching, at hand, contiguous, immediate, imminent, nearly, next, proximate, nearest, abutting, nigh, across the street, around the corner, give or take a little, hard by, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, under one's nose, solid, tight, compact, firm, short, crowded, confining, restricted, confined, thick, narrow, packed, congested, impenetrable, impermeable, substantial, consolidated, cropped, circumscribed, close-grained, jam-packed, similar, resembling, literal, exact, faithful, conscientious, lifelike, strict, devoted, familiar, dear, related, thick, private, loving, chummy, confidential, inseparable, palsy-walsy, attached, buddy-buddy, cozy with, kissing cousins, making it with, on top of each other, thick as thieves, thick with, tight, heavy, confined, sweltering, stifling, stale, thick, breathless, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, sticky, stuffy, sultry, uncomfortable, airless, fusty, choky, suffocating, stale-smelling, sweltry, unventilated, secluded, hidden, retired, private, closemouthed, hush-hush, reticent, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, buttoning up, clamming up, close-lipped, on the Q. T., tight chops, unforthcoming, buttoning one's lip, mum's the word, zipping one's lips, tight, penny-pinching, narrow, skinflint, mean, chintzy, closefisted, illiberal, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, skimpy, ungenerous, mingy, niggardly, tight-fisted,

    Antonyms:

    far, faraway, inaccurate, unfriendly, unreserved, distant, remote, away, beyond, detached, loose, open, imprecise, cool, dry, generous, giving, uncramped, large, unabridged, far, faraway, inaccurate, unfriendly, unreserved, loose, slack, lengthy, long, empty, uncrowded, free, clear, away, beyond, detached, open, imprecise, cool, dry, generous, giving, uncongested, uncramped, inaccurate, inexact, unreliable, far, faraway, unfriendly, unreserved, away, beyond, detached, loose, open, imprecise, cool, dry, generous, giving, uncramped, far, faraway, inaccurate, unfriendly, unreserved, foreign, away, beyond, detached, loose, open, imprecise, cool, dry, generous, giving, uncramped, far, faraway, inaccurate, unfriendly, unreserved, slight, away, beyond, detached, loose, open, imprecise, cool, dry, generous, giving, uncramped, sociable, far, faraway, inaccurate, unfriendly, unreserved, open, public, away, beyond, detached, loose, imprecise, cool, dry, generous, giving, uncramped, far, faraway, inaccurate, unfriendly, unreserved, generous, away, beyond, detached, loose, open, imprecise, cool, dry, giving, uncramped,

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    closer in English: closer
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