close relationship
Tight personal connection
A close relationship is a bond between people marked by emotional intimacy, trust, and frequent interaction.
The term covers romantic partnerships, deep friendships, and tight family ties—any connection where people share confidences and feel invested in each other's lives: She has a close relationship with her sister.
Close distinguishes these bonds from casual acquaintances or distant relatives.
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- trustConfidence in another
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- companionshipState of having company
attachment · joined at the hip · friendship · best friend · intimacy · confidant · parenthood · heart-to-heart · heart to heart · kinship · blood ties · empathy · open book · devotion · closeness · bond · warmth · love
- genogram symbolssquares, circles, triangles, lines, horizontal lines
close relationshipestrangement
Emotional separation between people
emotional distance · casual acquaintance · detachment · alienation · disconnection
close relationshipfake friendship
close relationshiptoxic relationship
Bond causing emotional harm
enmity · animosity · bitter rivalry · cold war · fractured relationship
close, closed, relationship, exclusive, closer, enclose, closely, closure, inclusive