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English noun: intimacy

1. intimacy (attribute) close or warm friendship


SamplesThe absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy.


Synonymscloseness, familiarity


Broader (hypernym)friendliness

2. intimacy (state) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship


Synonymsaffair, affaire, amour, involvement, liaison


Broader (hypernym)sexual relationship

3. intimacy (feeling) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together


SamplesTheir closeness grew as the night wore on.


Synonymscloseness


Broader (hypernym)belonging


Narrower (hyponym)togetherness









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