intimate

  • (s) marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
    • intimate friend
    • intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington
  • (s) having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
    • had a cozy chat
    • a relaxed informal manner
    • an intimate cocktail lounge
    • the small room was cozy and intimate
    cozy, informal,
  • (s) having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
    • on familiar terms
    • pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders
    familiar,
  • (s) involved in a sexual relationship
    • the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife
    • she had been intimate with many men
    • he touched her intimate parts
    sexual,
  • (s) innermost or essential
    • the inner logic of Cubism
    • the internal contradictions of the theory
    • the intimate structure of matter
    inner, internal,
  • (s) thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
    • this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson
    • "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read
    versed, knowledgeable,

Nouns

  • (n) someone to whom private matters are confided confidant,

Verbs

  • (v) give to understand
    • I insinuated that I did not like his wife
    adumbrate, insinuate,
  • (v) imply as a possibility
    • The evidence suggests a need for more clarification
    suggest,

Synonyms

adumbrate insinuate confidant suggest cozy informal familiar sexual inner internal versed knowledgeable

Words of close approximity

intimal
intimacy
intimate apparel intimately