INTIMACY

familiarity, intimacy, closeness

(noun) close or warm friendship; “the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy”

closeness, intimacy

(noun) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; “their closeness grew as the night wore on”

affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour

(noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

intimacy (countable and uncountable, plural intimacies)

(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality.

(countable) Intimate relationship.

(countable, especially plural) Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information.

Antonyms

• solitude

Anagrams

• imitancy, minacity

Source: Wiktionary


In"ti*ma*cy, n.; pl. Intimacies. Etym: [From Intimate.]

Definition: The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

Syn.

– Acquaintance; familiarity; fellowship; friendship. See Acquaintance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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