intimate

Meanings

• someone to whom private matters are confided
• give to understand
• imply as a possibility
• marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; ; - V.L. Parrington
  • "intimate friend"
  • "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles"
• having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
  • "an intimate cocktail lounge"
  • "the small room was cozy and intimate"
• having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
  • "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
• 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"
• innermost or essential
  • "the intimate structure of matter"
• thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; -W.H.Hudson; - Herbert Read
  • "this girl, so intimate with nature"

Synonyms

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