intimate
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈɪntɪmət/
- NSFW
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- After years of friendship, they finally developed an intimate relationship where they could share their deepest secrets.
- an intimate relationship
- an intimate partner
- an intimate connection
Like, my sense is that girls have much more intense, intimate friendships.
- Like, my sense is that girls have much more intense, intimate friendships.
- This dynamic is most pronounced in intimate relationships.
- Well, that leads to, I mean in in an intimate relationship or even just with a friend.
- I mean, my, my goal is to have a deeper, more more intimate relationship with her.
- One of the most intimate relationships human beings have is with food.
- If I touch you, rub up on you, if I get intimate with you in other ways, I can't handle that.
- What happens if a man doesn't have the sexual release and experience and expression in an intimate committed relationship long term?
- I was seeing getting intimate with, with a, with a girl.
- Other than that or, you know, much more intimate sort of passionate relationship stuff.
- So that has to do with the intimate human interaction.
- Which could mean having intimate conversation.
- This doesn't just happen in intimate relationships.
Examples
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Is it safe to say this was an intimate relationship?
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I mean, my, my goal is to have a deeper, more more intimate relationship with her.
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Fear plays a massive role in keeping people stuck in intimate relationships.
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Yeah, we had this like very intimate relationship and we can talk about everything.
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The intimate relationship between killer and victim.
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To share this tender, intimate moment.
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This dynamic is most pronounced in intimate relationships.
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Now Alobar had grown up in a more intimate relationship with his gods.
Fiction book (1990) -
Nevertheless, no two people live constantly in more intimate circumstances than twins, especially identical twins.
Academic text (2008) -
One characteristic of ka'ao is the intimate connection between the forces of nature and human beings.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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Having a strong friendly relationship with someone
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3.4
Close and friendly with someone you know well
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6.4
People or groups that are very close and stay together most of the time
Compounds
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Etymology
Intimate comes from the Latin root intimus, which means 'inmost' or 'within'. Think of someone you let 'inside' your life, so intimate describes a very close personal or sometimes sexual relationship.