Definition: someone to whom private matters are confided
Similar words: friend
Definition: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
Usage: he was my best friend at the university
Synonyms: insinuate, intimate, adumbrate
Definition: give to understand
Usage: I insinuated that I did not like his wife
Definition: imply as a possibility
Usage: The evidence suggests a need for more clarification
Similar words: imply
Definition: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
Definition: having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
Usage: on familiar terms; pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders
Similar words: close
Definition: close in relevance or relationship
Usage: a close family; we are all...in close sympathy with...; close kin; a close resemblance
Synonyms: intimate
Definition: marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
Usage: intimate friend; intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles - V.L. Parrington
Similar words: close
Definition: close in relevance or relationship
Usage: a close family; we are all...in close sympathy with...; close kin; a close resemblance
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: experienced, experient
Definition: having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: friendly
Definition: characteristic of or befitting a friend
Usage: friendly advice; a friendly neighborhood; the only friendly person here; a friendly host and hostess
Synonyms: inner, internal, intimate
Definition: innermost or essential
Usage: the inner logic of Cubism; the internal contradictions of the theory; the intimate structure of matter
Similar words: intrinsic, intrinsical
Definition: belonging to a thing by its very nature
Usage: form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing- John Dewey
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
Similar words: sexy
Definition: marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
Usage: feeling sexy; sexy clothes; sexy poses; a sexy book; sexy jokes