Intimate
['ɪntɪmət] or [ˈɪntəmɪt]
Definition
(verb.) give to understand; 'I insinuated that I did not like his wife'.
(adj.) marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; 'intimate friend'; 'intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles' - V.L. Parrington .
(adj.) thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; 'this girl, so intimate with nature'-W.H.Hudson; 'knowledgeable about the technique of painting'- Herbert Read .
(adj.) 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' .
Checker: Mara--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Near, close.[2]. Familiar, friendly, THICK, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.
n. Confidant, crony, familiar friend, intimate acquaintance.
v. a. Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, give an inkling of, glance at, remind of, put in mind of.
Editor: Nita
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Close, familiar, exact, nice, near, friendly, conversant
ANT:Distant, unfamiliar, superficial
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Definition
adj. innermost: internal: close: closely acquainted: familiar.—n. a familiar friend: an associate.—v.t. to hint: to announce.—n. In′timacy state of being intimate: close familiarity.—adv. In′timately.—n. Intimā′tion obscure notice: hint: announcement.
Checker: Newman
Examples
- Herbert was my intimate companion and friend. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Sir Percival's only intimate friend in the Fairlie family had been Laura's father. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The fellow was a rascal from the beginning, but, in some extraordinary way, James became intimate with him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Intimate as you are, you must know how it is to be done. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs. Palmer and two elderly ladies of Mrs. Jennings's intimate acquaintance, whom she had met and invited in the morning, dined with them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- One of his most intimate friends was a merchant, who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- A nation must, so to speak, live close to its own life, be intimate and sympathetic with natural events. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was on a Friday that he intimated this to Mrs. Sparsit at the Bank, adding: 'But you'll go down to-morrow, ma'am, all the same. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It signifies, he intimated, bloodshed and civil conflict. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Let me see, said the Prince, who dare stop him, fixing his eye on Cedric, whose attitude intimated his intention to hurl the Jew down headlong. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But, he intimated that when she came home he should hope to have the pleasure of entertaining me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Crackit intimated, by a motion of his hand as he left the room, that there was nothing to fear; and directly came back with Charley Bates behind him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- There was nobody but himself, he intimated, worthy of my confidence, and--in short, might he? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Having intimated my connection, my position in his eyes was henceforth clear, and on a right footing. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Men's ambitions are apt to reflect the standards of their intimates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When he was forty he began to talk about the reality of God, at first apparently only to his wife and a few intimates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He remembered her vividly: she was one of his soul's intimates. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr. Briggs intimates that the answer to his application was not from Mr. Rochester, but from a lady: it is signed 'Alice Fairfax. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His own soldiers, his own intimates, thought the latter, and at last stayed his career beyond the Indus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sam buttoned the will carefully in a side pocket; intimating by a look, meanwhile, that he did mean it, and very seriously too. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The question was addressed to Bumble; but his wife anticipated the reply, by intimating that she was perfectly acquainted with it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Typist: Stephanie