Usually means: Tightly connected, supportive group unity.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word close-knit:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. close-knit: Merriam-Webster
  2. close-knit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. close-knit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. close-knit, close-knit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Close-knit, close-knit: Wordnik
  6. close-knit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. close-knit: Wiktionary
  8. close-knit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Close-Knit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. close-knit: Rhymezone
  11. close-knit: FreeDictionary.org
  12. close-knit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. close-knit: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. close-knit: Vocabulary.com
  15. close-knit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  16. close-knit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  17. close-knit: Infoplease Dictionary
  18. close-knit: Dictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. close-knit: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (of a group) Closely linked or connected, as by a common identity, culture, or bond.

Similar:
close, closely knit, tied, tight-knit, conjunctive, close-coupled, tightknit, attached, context, enlinked, more...

Opposite:
distant, disconnected, loose, fragmented, united

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Similar:
close, closely knit, tied, tight-knit, conjunctive, close-coupled, tightknit, attached, context, enlinked, more...

Opposite:
distant, disconnected, loose, fragmented, united



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