intimacy | ||
1. | [ noun ] close or warm friendship | |
Synonyms: | familiarity closeness | |
Examples: | "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" |
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Related terms: | friendliness camaraderie | |
2. | [ noun ] (sexuality) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | |
Synonyms: | affair liaison involvement amour affaire | |
Related terms: | sexual_relationship | |
3. | [ noun ] a feeling of being intimate and belonging together | |
Synonyms: | closeness | |
Examples: | "their closeness grew as the night wore on" |
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Related terms: | belonging togetherness | |
Similar spelling: |
intima intimately intimal intimate indium Indian intimidate intimation Indiana in_time intimidated Indianan Indiaman |