intimate

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.

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.

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