Lexic.us

Definition of Intimate

1. Adjective. Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity. "Intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles"

2. Verb. Give to understand. "They intimate that there was a traffic accident "; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

3. Noun. Someone to whom private matters are confided.

4. Adjective. Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere. "The small room was cozy and intimate"

5. Verb. Imply as a possibility. "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

6. Adjective. Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship. "Pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"

7. Adjective. Involved in a sexual relationship. "He touched her intimate parts"

8. Adjective. Innermost or essential. "The intimate structure of matter"

9. Adjective. Thoroughly acquainted through study or experience. "Knowledgeable about the technique of painting"

Definition of Intimate

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

2. n. An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.

3. v. t. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known.

Definition of Intimate

1. Adjective. Closely acquainted; familiar. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or involved in a sexual relationship. ¹

3. Adjective. Personal, private. ¹

4. Noun. A very close friend. ¹

5. Noun. (''in plural'' '''intimates''') Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To suggest or disclose discreetly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intimate

1. to make known indirectly [v -MATED, -MATING, -MATES]

Medical Definition of Intimate

1. 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. "He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission." (South) 3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend. Synonym: Familiar, near, friendly, confidential. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intimate

intices inticing intifada intifadah intifadahs intifadas intifadeh intifadehs intil intima

intimacies intimae intimal intimas intimate apparel intimate with intimated intimately intimateness intimatenesses

intimater intimaters intimates intimatest intimating intimation intimations intime

Literary usage of Intimate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1921)
"AN intimate OF NIGHT I am an intimate of night; Its deep and dewy silences, Its starry parallels of light— Orion and the Pleiades. ..."

2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... a very interesting and satisfactory paragraph, at least to all those intimate connections who knew it before. This event, highly important to Mrs ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"It appears to me, therefore, that the American Chemical Society has a more intimate union with the American Association for the Advancement of Science than ..."

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