English noun: intimacy | |||
1. | intimacy (attribute) close or warm friendship | ||
Samples | The absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy. | ||
Synonyms | closeness, familiarity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | friendliness | ||
2. | intimacy (state) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | ||
Synonyms | affair, affaire, amour, involvement, liaison | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sexual relationship | ||
3. | intimacy (feeling) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together | ||
Samples | Their closeness grew as the night wore on. | ||
Synonyms | closeness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | belonging | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | togetherness | ||