closely knit

1. 1.

   held together as by social or cultural ties

   “a close-knit family”

   “close-knit little villages”

   “the group was closely knit”

   Synonymsclose-knit

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Questions about closely knit

What does closely knit mean?

closely knit means "held together as by social or cultural ties".

What is another word for closely knit?

Close synonyms include close-knit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is closely knit a common word?

closely knit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.