English Explanatory Dictionary

intimate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Closely acquainted; familiar.
  2. Personal; private.
  3. Pertaining to sex organs or underwear.
  4. Pertaining to sexual acts or a sexual relationship.
  5. Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know.
  6. Very finely mixed.
noun
  1. A very close friend.
  2. Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
verb
  1. To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
  2. To notify.

Pronunciation

ĭn'tĭmət /ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/ en-us-intimate-noun-adj.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-intimate.wav ĭn'tĭmāt /ˈɪn.tɪ.meɪt/ en-us-intimate-verb.ogg

Word forms

intimate more intimate most intimate intimates intimating intimated

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intimātus, the perfect passive participle of intimō (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”) (see -ate (adjective forming suffix)), from intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”); see interior.

Synonyms

thick bosom buddy bosom friend cater-cousin intimate apparel hint

Related words

intimacy intimation

Derived words

extimate intimate apparel intimate area intimately intimateness intimate partner violence intimate parts intimater intimate relations intimatopia nonintimate overintimate ultraintimate unintimate unintimated
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