close-knit
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
close-knit (comparative closer-knit or more close-knit, superlative closest-knit or most close-knit)
- (of a group) Closely linked or connected, as by a common identity, culture, or bond.
- Synonym: tight-knit
- Antonym: loose-knit
- I come from a close-knit family, we never keep secrets from one another.
- a close-knit community
- 1860, Edward Everett Hale, The Elements of Christian Doctrine:
- He looked rather to a close-knit company of brethren and sisters, knit so close that he could call it a family or a brotherhood, eager that God's kingdom should come.
- 1993, Ana Roca, John M. Lipski, Spanish in the United States:
- The close-knit ethnic enclave also provides a stable environment where the dialect is commonly used. Therefore, if an ethnic community is close-knit the ethnic mother tongue is more likely to be retained under consensual pressure of its members to maintain linguistic separateness.
Translations[edit]
closely linked or connected, as by a common identity, culture, or bond