intimate

Meaning

Adj

1. Closely acquainted; familiar.
2. Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
3. Personal; private.
4. Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know
5. Very finely mixed.

Noun

1. A very close friend.
2. Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
2. (India, transitive) To notify.

Synonyms

close

familiar

hint

imply

suggest

insinuate

dear

indicate

friendly

private

cozy

confidant

informal

inform

inmost

personal

habituate

acquaint

cordial

intimate 1

be familiar

bosom

be accustomed

friend

allude to

near

notify

kind

amiable

close friend

hint at

gracious

comrade

tight

sexual

👉👌

profound

thick

make known

chummy

adumbrate

internal

announce

innermost

knowledgeable

point

cosy

allude

acquainted

declare

connote

Translations

intime

intimo

íntimo

intim

intiem

vertraut

knus

innig

gezellig

innig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intimātus, the perfect passive participle of intimō (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”) (see -ate (adjective forming suffix)), from intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”); see interior.