Definitions for intimate

Definitions for (noun) intimate

Main entry: confidant, intimate

Definition: someone to whom private matters are confided


Definitions for (verb) intimate

Main entry: insinuate, intimate, adumbrate

Definition: give to understand

Usage: I insinuated that I did not like his wife


Main entry: intimate, suggest

Definition: imply as a possibility

Usage: The evidence suggests a need for more clarification


Definitions for (adj) intimate

Main entry: intimate, familiar

Definition: having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship

Usage: on familiar terms; pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders


Main entry: intimate

Definition: marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity

Usage: intimate friend; intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles - V.L. Parrington


Main entry: knowledgeable, intimate, versed

Definition: thoroughly acquainted through study or experience

Usage: this girl, so intimate with nature-W.H.Hudson; knowledgeable about the technique of painting- Herbert Read


Main entry: cozy, informal, intimate

Definition: having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere

Usage: had a cozy chat; a relaxed informal manner; an intimate cocktail lounge; the small room was cozy and intimate


Main entry: inner, internal, intimate

Definition: innermost or essential

Usage: the inner logic of Cubism; the internal contradictions of the theory; the intimate structure of matter


Main entry: intimate, sexual

Definition: involved in a sexual relationship

Usage: the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife; she had been intimate with many men; he touched her intimate parts


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