Intimate
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English
Adjective for Intimate
Intimate (comparative more Intimate, superlative most Intimate)
- Closely acquainted; familiar.
- He and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.
- Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
- She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.
- Personal, private.
- an intimate friend
- an intimate setting
Noun
Intimate (plural Intimates)- A very close friend.
- Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
- (in plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
- You'll find bras and panties in the women's intimates section upstairs.
Verb
Intimate (third-person singular simple present Intimates, present participle intimating, simple past and past participle intimated)
- (transitive) To suggest or disclose discreetly.
- He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.
Adverbs for Intimate
exceptionally; reprehensibly; curiously; inordinately; strangely; charmingly; closely; unusually; uncommonly; pleasantly; affectionately; embarrassingly; oddly; sweetly; confidentially; particularly; peculiarly; singularly; artlessly; cordially; devotedly; companionably; agreeably; gently; graciously; unbecomingly; bitterly; silently; darkly; distinctly; simultaneously; tacitly; mystically; officially; unpleasantly; slyly; diabolically; delicately; plausibly.
Thesaurus
absolute, acquaintance, acquainted with, adumbrate, advocate, affectionate, allegorize, allied, allude to, alter ego, amigo, anonymous, approaching, approximate, approximating, arm-in-arm, assembled, associate, associated, assume, at home in, at home with, attest, backer, banded together, bespeak, best friend, betoken, bosom, bosom friend, bound, bracketed, bring to mind, brother, buddy, buddy-buddy, burning, carnal, casual acquaintance, caution, central, certain, chatty, cheek-by-jowl, cheerful, cherished, chum, chummy, close, close acquaintance, close friend, closet, colleague, collected, comfortable, comfy, communicate, companion, comrade, concrete, confidant, confidante, confident, confidential, confrere, conjoined, connected, connote, conversant with, copulate, cosy, coupled, cozy, crony, dear, deep, deep-seated, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, devoted, different, distinct, distinguished, drop a hint, elemental, entail, esoteric, especial, essential, exceptional, exhaustive, express, extraordinary, familiar, familiar with, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, fixed, fond, friend, friendly, gathered, give a hint, give the cue, glance at, hand and glove, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, hidden, hint, hint at, homelike, homely, homey, homish, hot, implicate, imply, import, inborn, inbred, incognito, incorporated, indicate, individual, indoor, indwelling, infer, informal, informed in, ingrained, inmost, innate, inner, innermost, inseparable, inseparable friend, inside, insinuate, integrated, interior, internal, intestine, intimate with, intrinsic, involve, inward, isolated, joined, knotted, leagued, linked, lover, loving, make known, master of, matched, mate, mated, mean, mean to say, merged, minute, mucker, near, near the mark, nearest, nearing, nearish, neighbor, next, nigh, nighish, noteworthy, other self, paired, pal, pally, palsy-walsy, particular, partisan, peaceful, penetrating, personal, pickup, plain, point indirectly to, precise, presume, presuppose, private, privy, proficient in, profound, prompt, propinque, proximal, proximate, refer to, repository, respective, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered, several, sexual, side-by-side, sidekick, simple, singular, snug, solipsistic, special, specific, spliced, strong in, suggest, supporter, suppose, sympathizer, take for granted, tete-a-tete, thick, thick as thieves, thorough, tied, tip off, undivided, united, unpretending, unseparated, up on, versed in, vicinal, warm, warn, wedded, well-read in, well-wisher, withdrawn, yoked
Etymology
From Latin intimare (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”) < intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”) < in (“in”); see interior.
Pronunciation
Adjective, noun
Verb
Translations
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External links
- Intimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Intimate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Italian
Verb
intimate
- second-person plural present indicative of intimare
- second-person plural imperative of intimare
- Feminine plural of intimato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
intimāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of intimō
