| intimate | | |
| n. (person) | 1. confidant, intimate | someone to whom private matters are confided. |
| ~ confidante | a female confidant. |
| ~ friend | a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.; "he was my best friend at the university" |
| ~ repository, secretary | a person to whom a secret is entrusted. |
| v. (communication) | 2. adumbrate, insinuate, intimate | give to understand.; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" |
| ~ hint, suggest | drop a hint; intimate by a hint. |
| v. (communication) | 3. intimate, suggest | imply as a possibility.; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" |
| ~ imply | suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic. |
| ~ make out | imply or suggest.; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid" |
| adj. | 4. intimate | marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity.; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" |
| ~ close | close in relevance or relationship.; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" |
| adj. | 5. cozy, informal, intimate | 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" |
| ~ friendly | characteristic of or befitting a friend.; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess" |
| adj. | 6. familiar, intimate | having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship.; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" |
| ~ close | close in relevance or relationship.; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" |
| adj. | 7. intimate, sexual | 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" |
| ~ sexy | marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest.; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes" |
| adj. | 8. inner, internal, intimate | innermost or essential.; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" |
| ~ intrinsic, intrinsical | belonging to a thing by its very nature.; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing" |
| adj. | 9. intimate, knowledgeable, versed | thoroughly acquainted through study or experience.; "this girl, so intimate with nature"; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting" |
| ~ experienced, experient | having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation. |
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