Definitions for intimate

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intimate in·ti·mate

Spelling: [in-tuh-mit]

IPA: /ˈɪn tə mɪt/

Intimate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in intimate (aeiimntt).

Definitions for intimate

noun

1. an intimate friend or associate, especially a confidant.

adjective

1. associated in close personal relations:
2. characterized by or involving warm friendship or a personally close or familiar association or feeling:
3. very private; closely personal:
4. characterized by or suggesting an atmosphere conducive to privacy or intimacy; warmly cozy:
5. (of an association, knowledge, understanding, etc.) arising from close personal connection or familiar experience.
6. engaged in or characterized by sexual relations:
7. (of women's clothing) worn next to the skin, under street or outer garments:
8. detailed; deep:
9. showing a close union or combination of particles or elements:
10. inmost; deep within.
11. of, relating to, or characteristic of the inmost or essential nature; intrinsic:
12. of, relating to, or existing in the inmost depths of the mind:

verb (used with object)

1. to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
2. Archaic. to make known; announce.

Origin of intimate

1600-10; Latin intim(us) a close friend (noun use of the adj.; see intima) + -ate¹

Examples for intimate

But my favorites, and by far the most intimate photos at the gallery, are by Jimmy Steinfeld.

With his inferior he will not be intimate, nor towards him will he be "proudly condescending."

She suggested that Gregory stack newspapers on his desk to give the set an intimate, coffeehouse feel.

He was Mr. Gladstone's most trusted counsellor and most intimate friend.

This was Katherine Holroyd, a sympathetic observer and everybody's intimate.

The Strange Social History of Our Most intimate Institution.

It offers keen insights into Hitch's craft while painting an intimate and unsentimental picture of the man behind the camera.

I never knew a man to get so intimate on short acquaintance.

He was the warm supporter and intimate friend of the celebrated Canning.

Literature in the 14th century, Strohm points out, was an intimate, interactive affair.