1. Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
   "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles"
    
2. Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
   "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders";
   - familiar
    
3. 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]
    
4. Concerning things deeply private and personal
   "intimate correspondence";
   - private
    
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
    
7. Involved in a sexual relationship
   "the intimate relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men";
   - sexual
    
8. Used euphemistically to refer to the genitals
   "he touched her intimate parts"

1. Someone to whom private matters are confided
   "She shared her deepest secrets with her trusted intimate";
   - confidant

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

Derived forms: intimated, intimates, intimating

See also: bosom, close, experienced, experient [archaic], friendly, intrinsic, intrinsical [archaic], personal, sexual, sexy [informal]

Type of: china [Brit, informal], friend, hint, imply, mate [Brit, informal], suggest

Encyclopedia: Intimate