Synonyms for intimate
ˈɪn təˌmeɪtin·ti·mate

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1. intimateadjective

   Closely acquainted; familiar.

   He and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.

   Synonyms:
   bosom friend, bosom buddy, cater-cousin

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1. intimate

   Advert, mention, and refer are used of language that more or less distinctly utters a certain thought; the others of language from which it may be inferred. We allude to a matter slightly, perhaps by a word or phrase, as it were in byplay; we advert to it when we turn from our path to treat it; we refer to it by any clear utterance that distinctly turns the mind or attention to it; as, marginal figures refer to a parallel passage; we mention a thing by explicit word, as by naming it. The speaker adverted to the recent disturbances and the remissness of certain public officers; tho he mentioned no name, it was easy to see to whom he alluded. One may hint at a thing in a friendly way, but what is insinuated is always unfavorable, generally both hostile and cowardly. One may indicate his wishes, intimate his plans, imply his opinion, signify his will, suggest a course of action. Compare SUGGESTION.

   Synonyms:
   advert, allude, hint, imply, indicate, insinuate, mention, point, refer, signify, suggest

   Preposition:
   The passage evidently alludes to the Jewish Passover.

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1. intimateverb

   Synonyms:
   impart, communicate, announce, declare, tell, suggest, hint, insinuate, mention briefly

   Antonyms:
   reserve, repress, withhold, conceal

2. intimate

   Synonyms:
   close, familiar, exact, nice, near, friendly, conversant

   Antonyms:
   distant, unfamiliar, superficial

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1. confidant, intimateadjective

   someone to whom private matters are confided

   Synonyms:
   confidant

   Antonyms:
   unfriendly, inexperient, remote, inexperienced, unsexy, distant, extrinsic

2. intimateadjective

   marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity

   "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington

   Synonyms:
   internal, familiar, knowledgeable, cozy, informal, versed, sexual, inner

   Antonyms:
   distant, unfriendly, unsexy, extrinsic, inexperienced, remote, inexperient

3. cozy, intimate, informaladjective

   having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere

   "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"

   Synonyms:
   internal, familiar, knowledgeable, cozy, loose, informal, versed, cosy, sexual, inner, snug

   Antonyms:
   unfriendly, distant, unsexy, extrinsic, inexperienced, remote, inexperient

4. familiar, intimateadjective

   having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship

   "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"

   Synonyms:
   internal, familiar, familiar(p), conversant(p), cozy, informal, knowledgeable, versed, sexual, inner

   Antonyms:
   inexperienced, distant, unsexy, inexperient, remote, extrinsic, unfriendly

5. intimate, sexualadjective

   involved in a sexual relationship

   "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts"

   Synonyms:
   internal, familiar, knowledgeable, cozy, informal, versed, sexual, inner

   Antonyms:
   inexperient, inexperienced, remote, distant, extrinsic, unsexy, unfriendly

6. inner, internal, intimateadjective

   innermost or essential

   "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"

   Synonyms:
   national, interior, informal, sexual, privileged, internal, cozy, versed, inner(a), intragroup, inside, familiar, inner, knowledgeable, interior(a), home(a)

   Antonyms:
   unsexy, distant, extrinsic, inexperienced, inexperient, unfriendly, remote

7. intimate, knowledgeable, versedverb

   thoroughly acquainted through study or experience

   "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read

   Synonyms:
   lettered, well-educated, internal, familiar, well-read, knowledgeable, cozy, informal, knowing, versed, sexual, inner, learned

   Antonyms:
   unfriendly, remote, extrinsic, distant, unsexy, inexperienced, inexperient

8. intimate, adumbrate, insinuateverb

   give to understand

   "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

   Synonyms:
   insinuate, sketch, outline, adumbrate, suggest

   Antonyms:
   inexperient, unsexy, inexperienced, extrinsic, unfriendly, remote, distant

9. suggest, intimateverb

   imply as a possibility

   "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

   Synonyms:
   propose, indicate, adumbrate, suggest, evoke, insinuate, advise, paint a picture, hint

   Antonyms:
   distant, inexperienced, inexperient, remote, unfriendly, extrinsic, unsexy

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1. intimateadjective

   Synonyms:
   near, close

2. intimateadjective

   Synonyms:
   familiar, friendly, THICK, hand and glove, hail fellow well met

3. intimatenoun

   Synonyms:
   confidant, crony, familiar friend, intimate acquaintance

4. intimateverb

   Synonyms:
   suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, give an inkling of, glance at, remind of, put in mind of

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1. List of paraphrases for "intimate":

   close, respondent, cozy

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1. Mickey Mehta:

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2. David Letterman:

   It just seemed like, OK, well, here’s somebody who had an intimate relationship with somebody he shouldn’t have had an intimate relationship with. And I always said, ‘Well, who hasn’t?’ to myself. But then, when I was able to see from the epicenter, the ripples, I thought, yeah, they could have fired me. But they didn’t. So I owe them that.

3. Kahlil Gibran:

   When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life, And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life's inmost secret.

4. Maria Grazia Chiuri:

   It's not the famous postcard that you normally have of Rome, there's something more intimate, and that's the portrait we like. We also think couture is more intimate because there's a relationship between the client and the atelier. It's one of a kind and the best limited edition you could have.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   No stranger can get a great many notes of torture out of a human soul it takes one that knows it well -- parent, child, brother, sister, intimate.