intimate

[in·ti·mate]

Intimate means being close. A small restaurant is called intimate because you're sitting close to the other people, and your best friends are considered your intimate friends.

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Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

Noun
someone to whom private matters are confided

Verb
give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

Verb
imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

Adjective S.
having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"

Adjective S.
marked by close aquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington

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Adjective S.
thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeaIble about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read

Adjective S.
having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere; especially through smallness and informality; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"

Adjective S.
innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"

Adjective S.
involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"


a.
Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

a.
Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.

a.
Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.

n.
An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.

a.
To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known.

a.
To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.


Intimate

In"ti*mate , a. [Formerly intime, L. intimus, a superl. corresponding to the compar. interior cf. F. intime. The form intimate is due to confusion with intimate, v. t. See Interior.] 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." Milton. 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.
He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission.
3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend. Syn. -- Familiar; near; friendly; confidential.

Intimate

In"ti*mate, n. An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. Gov. of the Tongue.

Intimate

In"ti*mate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Intimating.] [L. intimatus, p. p. of intimare to put, bring, drive, or press into, to announce, make known, from intimus the inmost. See Intimate, a.] 1. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [Obs.]
He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war.
So both conspiring 'gan to intimate Each other's grief.
2. To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.
The names of simple ideas and substances, with the abstract ideas in the mind, intimate some real existence, from which was derived their original pattern.

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.

To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known.

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Usage Examples

I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions.

As is known, it is in the realm of experience inaugurated by psychoanalysis that we may grasp along what imaginary lines the human organism, in the most intimate recesses of its being, manifests its capture in a symbolic dimension.

I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.

I can't grill vegetables, shellfish or steaks without tongs. Don't bother with those long-handled grilling tongs normally found in the BBQ section of your home store. Get intimate with your grill and opt for the regular stainless steel tongs.

Every woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other.

For hundreds of millions of Americans who believe in God, prayer is our bridge between Earth and Heaven, our way of opening our hearts to the Lord. Through this intimate relationship we find peace and guidance.

A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.

Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited.

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality.

I've stayed away from Twitter for a long time because I sort of didn't trust myself with such an intimate but very public way of relating to the world, but I feel like I've studied it enough.

I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.

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