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 | ||