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1. Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
   "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles"
    
2. Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
   "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cosy and intimate";
   - cozy [N. Amer], informal, cosy [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
   "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders";
   - familiar
    
4. Involved in a sexual relationship
   "the intimate relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts";
   - sexual
    
5. Innermost or essential
   "the intimate structure of matter";
   - inner, internal
    
6. Thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
   "this girl, so intimate with nature";
   - knowledgeable, versed, knowledgable

1. Give to understand
   "I intimated that I did not like his wife";
   - adumbrate, insinuate
    
2. Imply as a possibility
   "The evidence intimates a need for more clarification";
   - suggest

1. Someone to whom private matters are confided
   - confidant

Derived forms: intimated, intimates, intimating

See also: close, experienced, experient, friendly, intrinsic, intrinsical, sexy

Type of: friend, hint, imply, suggest

Encyclopedia: Intimate