intimateadjective
uk/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/us/ˈɪn.t̬ə.mət/intimate adjective (PERSONAL)
C2 having, or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or sexual relationship:
intimate relationships
The restaurant has a very intimate atmosphere.
He's become very intimate with an actress.
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- The disease is spread through intimate sexual activity.
- They shared an intimate physical experience.
- The diary revealed several intimate details about his private life.
- They had dinner in the very intimate surroundings of a local restaurant.
- Her poetry deals with intimate personal experience.
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Friendly
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- amity
- approachable
- closeness
- comrade
- familiarity
- family-friendly
- first name
- forthcoming
- fraternal
- Freemasonry
- likeable
- matey
- neighbourly
- nice
- nicely
- tête-à-tête
- well in (with) idiom
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Relationships: general words
intimate adjective (EXPERT)
C2 (of knowledge or understanding) detailed, and obtained from a lot of studying or experience:
She has an intimate knowledge of Tuscany, where she has lived for 20 years.
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Detailed and careful
- blow-by-blow
- detail
- detailed
- diligent
- elaborate
- encyclopedic
- granular
- in-depth
- intricate
- long-form
- meticulous
- minutely
- painstaking
- painstakingly
- precise
- precisely
- scrupulous
- sedulous
- studious
- thoroughly
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Skilled, talented and able
intimately
adverb uk/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət.li/us/ˈɪn.t̬ə.mət.li/
Well, I know who she is although I'm not intimately (= closely) acquainted with her.
She's been intimately involved in the project since it began.
intimatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/us/ˈɪn.t̬ə.mət/formala friend you know very well:
Intimates of the star say that he has been upset by the personal attacks on him that have appeared in the press recently.
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Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
- a friend in need is a friend indeed idiom
- acquaintance
- acquainted
- amigo
- bedmate
- companion
- comrade
- escort
- flatmate
- friendless
- gang
- girl
- girlfriend
- neighbour
- peer
- peer group
- pen pal
- penfriend
- playmate
- posse
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