Close and Keen

Close

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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Keen and close are semantically related. in careful topic. In some cases you can use "Keen" instead an adjective "Close", when it comes to topics like vigilant.

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Keen

Keen adjective - Able to sense slight impressions or differences.

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Antonyms for Keen

Close and keen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Keen".

Nearby Words: keenness, keenly

Mutual synonyms

warm

Common collocations

girl	close girl	keen girl
hand	close hand	keen hand
death	close death	keen death

Both words in one sentence

Keen eyed viewers will note that in close-up inserts of Scotty operating machinery, his hands have all their digits (because the close-ups were doubled by another actor).

Source: An Insert
First-Name Basis: Rina and Keita grew up together and call each other by their given names instead of family names, which, as Keita is keen to point out to Jin, implies they are close.

Source: Manga / Boku wa Ookami
To a lesser extent, in the classic games Alt will toggle a switch if Keen is close to it rather than toggle the pogo stick.

Source: Video Game / Commander Keen

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