close up

Questions about close up

What is another word for close up?

It depends which close up you mean. In the sense “cease to operate or cause to cease operating”, the synonyms are close, fold, shut down, close down. Across all 5 senses there are 18 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of close up?

The recorded antonym is open up. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Why are the synonyms for close up split into groups?

Because close up carries 5 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for close up come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of close up

• Full entry for close upAll 5 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for close upWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.