'Intimate' definitions:
Definition of 'intimate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington
adjective
Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" [syn: cozy, intimate, informal]
adjective
Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn: familiar, intimate]
adjective
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" [syn: intimate, sexual]
adjective
Innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate]
adjective
Thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read [syn: intimate, knowledgeable, versed]
noun
Someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: confidant, intimate]
verb
Give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate]
verb
Imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" [syn: suggest, intimate]
Definition of 'Intimate'
From: GCIDE
- Intimate \In"ti*mate\, a. [Formerly intime, L. intimus, a superl. corresponding to the compar. interior: cf. F. intime. The form intimate is due to confusion with intimate, v. t. See Interior.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. [1913 Webster]
- He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.
- Syn: Familiar; near; friendly; confidential. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intimate'
From: GCIDE
- Intimate \In"ti*mate\, n. An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. --Gov. of the Tongue. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intimate'
From: GCIDE
- Intimate \In"ti*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intimating.] [L. intimatus, p. p. of intimare to put, bring, drive, or press into, to announce, make known, from intimus the inmost. See Intimate, a.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. --E. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- So both conspiring 'gan to intimate Each other's grief. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office. [1913 Webster]
- The names of simple ideas and substances, with the abstract ideas in the mind, intimate some real existence, from which was derived their original pattern. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intimate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- acquaintance,
- acquainted with,
- adumbrate,
- advocate,
- affectionate,
- allegorize,
- allied,
- allude to,
- alter ego,
- amigo,
- anonymous,
- approaching,
- approximate,
- approximating,
- arm-in-arm,
- assembled,
- associate,
- associated,
- assume,
- at home in,
- at home with,
- attest,
- backer,
- banded together,
- bespeak,
- best friend,
- betoken,
- bosom,
- bosom friend,
- bound,
- bracketed,
- bring to mind,
- brother,
- buddy,
- buddy-buddy,
- burning,
- carnal,
- casual acquaintance,
- caution,
- central,
- certain,
- chatty,
- cheek-by-jowl,
- cheerful,
- cherished,
- chum,
- chummy,
- close,
- close acquaintance,
- close friend,
- closet,
- colleague,
- collected,
- comfortable,
- comfy,
- communicate,
- companion,
- comrade,
- concrete,
- confidant,
- confidante,
- confident,
- confidential,
- confrere,
- conjoined,
- connected,
- connote,
- conversant with,
- copulate,
- cosy,
- coupled,
- cozy,
- crony,
- dear,
- deep,
- deep-seated,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- devoted,
- different,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- drop a hint,
- elemental,
- entail,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- essential,
- exceptional,
- exhaustive,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- familiar,
- familiar with,
- favorer,
- fellow,
- fellow creature,
- fellowman,
- fixed,
- fond,
- friend,
- friendly,
- gathered,
- give a hint,
- give the cue,
- glance at,
- hand and glove,
- hand-in-glove,
- hand-in-hand,
- hidden,
- hint,
- hint at,
- homelike,
- homely,
- homey,
- homish,
- hot,
- implicate,
- imply,
- import,
- inborn,
- inbred,
- incognito,
- incorporated,
- indicate,
- individual,
- indoor,
- indwelling,
- infer,
- informal,
- informed in,
- ingrained,
- inmost,
- innate,
- inner,
- innermost,
- inseparable,
- inseparable friend,
- inside,
- insinuate,
- integrated,
- interior,
- internal,
- intestine,
- intimate with,
- intrinsic,
- involve,
- inward,
- isolated,
- joined,
- knotted,
- leagued,
- linked,
- lover,
- loving,
- make known,
- master of,
- matched,
- mate,
- mated,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- merged,
- minute,
- mucker,
- near,
- near the mark,
- nearest,
- nearing,
- nearish,
- neighbor,
- next,
- nigh,
- nighish,
- noteworthy,
- other self,
- paired,
- pal,
- pally,
- palsy-walsy,
- particular,
- partisan,
- peaceful,
- penetrating,
- personal,
- pickup,
- plain,
- point indirectly to,
- precise,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- private,
- privy,
- proficient in,
- profound,
- prompt,
- propinque,
- proximal,
- proximate,
- refer to,
- repository,
- respective,
- retired,
- secluded,
- secret,
- sequestered,
- several,
- sexual,
- side-by-side,
- sidekick,
- simple,
- singular,
- snug,
- solipsistic,
- special,
- specific,
- spliced,
- strong in,
- suggest,
- supporter,
- suppose,
- sympathizer,
- take for granted,
- tete-a-tete,
- thick,
- thick as thieves,
- thorough,
- tied,
- tip off,
- undivided,
- united,
- unpretending,
- unseparated,
- up on,
- versed in,
- vicinal,
- warm,
- warn,
- wedded,
- well-read in,
- well-wisher,
- withdrawn,
- yoked