Close and Like

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Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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Like and close are semantically related In some cases you can use "Like" instead an adjective "Close".

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

Like adjective - Having qualities in common.

Usage example: you're not talking about like things when you compare football and golf

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Close and like are semantically related in similar topic. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

human	human close	human like
old	old close	old like
good	good close	good like
high	high close	high like
Other adjectives: nice, normal, short, many, actual, real, large, big, evil, little, different, super.

The Berserker is a close up DPS class like the Barbarian, uses a heavy wolf-motif similar to the Druid and wields Wolverine Claws like the Assassin.

Source: Video Game / Torchlight II
The body of "Will" found at the quarry is almost life-like and close to the real deal, enough to pass off as a real body at first glance; remarkable work from the scrubs at the Hawkins facility, considering they had less than a day to prepare it.

Source: Series / Stranger Things
For one of these episodes, Sam, Dean and Bobby play at the idea that he's family and act like they value him at least as much as (say) a close friend like Cas.

Source: Cousin Oliver

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