Definitions for intimacy

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intimacy in·ti·ma·cy

Spelling: [in-tuh-muh-see]

IPA: /ˈɪn tə mə si/

Intimacy is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in intimacy (aciimnty).

Definitions for intimacy

noun

1. the state of being intimate.
2. a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group.
3. a close association with or detailed knowledge or deep understanding of a place, subject, period of history, etc.:
4. an act or expression serving as a token of familiarity, affection, or the like:
5. an amorously familiar act; liberty.
6. sexual intercourse.
7. the quality of being comfortable, warm, or familiar:
8. privacy, especially as suitable to the telling of a secret:

Origin of intimacy

First recorded in 1635-45; intim(ate)¹ + -acy

Examples for intimacy

Between parent and child, the intimacy had been unusually close.

The intimacy of occult things isolates also these wise little birds.

It is an advertising campaign, selling Dior and selling her, bathed in the false glow of intimacy.

Scotland for her must have been the location of many treasured moments of intimacy.

One of the suits against Kelley charged her with defamation for calling Miller an “intimacy stalker” in her LiveJournal page.

Miller realized he had a partner, another life, and, despite the intimacy she thought they had built, he was just another client.

Oh, I forgot,—I observe that you have renewed your intimacy with Legard.

But the Beyoncé stage pictures are a ruse: they have an air of intimacy while telling us nothing of substance at all.

In the contemplation of beauty she knew the need of love, knew it with an intimacy that was cruel.

Are you willing to give up all intimacy with Hamish Channing?