intimate
/'intimit/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Closely acquainted; familiar: Characterizing a relationship marked by close personal association, deep knowledge, or warm friendship.
- Private and personal: Relating to one's deepest nature, private life, or innermost thoughts; also describing a cozy, private atmosphere.
- Involving sexual relations: Denoting a physically or emotionally close relationship of a sexual nature.
- Essential; innermost: Pertaining to the most fundamental, internal, or intrinsic nature of something.
Noun:
- A close friend or confidant: A person with whom one shares a very close, trusting, and private relationship.
Verb:
- To state indirectly; to hint or imply: To make something known subtly or suggestively, without stating it directly.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- They are intimate friends who share everything. (Describes a close, familiar friendship.)
- The restaurant had an intimate atmosphere, perfect for a quiet dinner. (Describes a cozy, private setting.)
- She shared her most intimate thoughts in her diary. (Describes private, personal thoughts.)
- The book explores the intimate connection between culture and language. (Describes a deep, essential connection.)
Noun:
- He is one of my few intimates; I trust him completely. (Refers to a close confidant.)
Verb:
- The report intimates that changes are necessary, without explicitly demanding them. (Means to suggest or hint.)
Advanced Usage
"To be on intimate terms with someone": To have a very close, friendly, and familiar relationship with someone.
- After years of collaboration, they are on intimate terms with each other.
"Intimate knowledge of": Possessing very detailed, thorough, and personal knowledge about a subject.
- The guide has an intimate knowledge of the city's hidden streets.
Variants and Related Words
Intimacy (n): The state of being intimate; close familiarity or friendship.
- Their long conversations deepened their intimacy.
Intimately (adv): In a close, familiar, or detailed manner.
- She is intimately familiar with the project's history.
Synonyms
- Adjective (close): Familiar, close, confidential, bosom.
- Adjective (private): Personal, private, innermost.
- Verb (hint): Suggest, imply, insinuate, allude to.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
- Intimate to (someone): To communicate something privately or suggestively to someone.
- He intimated to me his plans to resign.
Related Idioms
- An intimate of: A person who is a close friend or associate of someone.
- He was known to be an intimate of the famous artist.
Adjective
- thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
- this girl, so intimate with nature-W.H.Hudson
- knowledgeable about the technique of painting- Herbert Read
- innermost or essential
- the inner logic of Cubism
- the internal contradictions of the theory
- the intimate structure of matter
- 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
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
- on familiar terms
- pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders
- 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
- marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
- intimate friend
- intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles - V.L. Parrington
Noun
- someone to whom private matters are confided
Verb
- imply as a possibility
- The evidence suggests a need for more clarification
- give to understand
- I insinuated that I did not like his wife