Noun: intimacy in-tu-mu-see
- Close or warm friendship
"the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy";
- familiarity, closeness
- A feeling of being intimate and belonging together
"their intimacy grew as the night wore on";
- closeness
- A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
"The politician's intimacy with his secretary became a public scandal";
- affair, affaire, liaison, involvement, amour
Derived forms: intimacies
Type of: belonging, friendliness, sexual relationship
Encyclopedia: Intimacy