INTIMATE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of intimate in English intimateadjective uk /ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/ us /ˈɪn.tə.mət/

intimate adjective (PERSONAL)

Add to word list Add to word list C2 having, or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or sexual relationship: intimate relationshipsintimate atmosphere The restaurant has a very intimate atmosphere.intimate with He's become very intimate with an actress.

• The disease is spread through intimate sexual activity.
• They shared an intimate physical experience.
• The diary revealed several intimate details about his private life.
• They had dinner in the very intimate surroundings of a local restaurant.
• Her poetry deals with intimate personal experience.

Friendly

• affability
• affable
• affably
• affiliative
• agreeableness
• congeniality
• conversable
• convivial
• conviviality
• convivially
• harmoniously
• harmony
• hospitable
• hospitably
• hospitality
• sociably
• social
• sociality
• socially
• sugar and spice idiom

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intimate adjective (EXPERT)

C2 (of knowledge or understanding) detailed, and obtained from a lot of studying or experience: intimate knowledge She has intimate knowledge of Tuscany, where she has lived for 20 years. Detailed and careful

• blow-by-blow
• detailed
• detailedly
• diligence
• diligent
• graphic detail
• in depth phrase
• in the weeds idiom
• intimately
• intricate
• nicety
• over-elaborate
• over-fussy
• over-organize
• over-organized
• studiously
• thorough
• thoroughgoing
• thoroughgoingly
• thoroughness

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Skilled, talented and able

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intimately intimatenoun [ C ]   formal uk /ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/ us /ˈɪn.tə.mət/ a friend you know very well: Intimates of the star say that he has been upset by the personal attacks on him that have appeared in the press recently. Compare confidant a person you know well and like

• friendWe've been friends for years.
• buddyHe's one of my dad's old war buddies.
• palThe heartthrob was spotted hanging with his Hollywood pals in L.A.
• mateUK He's out with his mates.

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• acquaintance
• acquaintanceship
• acquainted
• acquainted with someone
• amigo
• confidant
• contact list
• contemporary
• crowd
• fair-weather friend
• mucker
• mutual
• mutual friend
• next door
• non-contemporary
• tagalong
• two's company, three's a crowd idiom
• what are friends for? idiom
• wingman
• with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom

See more results » intimateverb [ T ]   formal uk /ˈɪn.tɪ.meɪt/ us /ˈɪn.tə.meɪt/ to make clear what you think or want without saying it directly: [ + (that) ] She has intimated that she will resign if she loses the vote. Suggestions & proposals

• about
• bounce something off someone phrasal verb
• by implication
• can't
• co-sponsor
• drop
• if you take my meaning idiom
• implication
• maybe
• move
• mover
• nod
• nomination
• nominee
• on the table idiom
• proposed
• put ideas into someone's head idiom
• put someone to something idiom
• put something in phrasal verb
• put something/someone forward phrasal verb

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intimation (Definition of intimate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

intimate | American Dictionary

intimateadjective us /ˈɪn·tə·mət/

intimate adjective (PERSONAL)

Add to word list Add to word list being a close, personal friend, or having a close, personal relationship: an intimate friend An intimate relationship can also refer to a romantic relationship: They had been good friends, but they had never in any way been intimate. Intimate can also mean private and personal: She refused to discuss the intimate details of her life.

intimate adjective (EXPERT)

expert and detailed: an intimate knowledge of cattle farming intimatenoun [ C ] us /ˈɪn·tə·mət/

intimate noun [C] (FRIEND)

a close friend: George was never one of the president’s intimates. intimateverb [ T ] us /ˈɪn·təˌmeɪt/ to suggest that something will happen or is true, without saying so directly: [ + that clause ] He intimated that they had thought about getting married. (Definition of intimate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of intimate

intimate Where a wife had dementia, the husband found himself having to learn new domestic skills and become involved in intimate caring tasks. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this view acquaintances are plentiful, companions fewer, and intimates few and far between in a person's life. From the Cambridge English Corpus The listener and the singer are ' placed' now in very intimate proximity. From the Cambridge English Corpus Drug use and intimate relationships among women and men : separating specific from general effects in prospective data using structural equation models. From the Cambridge English Corpus The intimate relationship between ageing and accumulation of economic resources was always somewhat fragile. From the Cambridge English Corpus The loss of an intimate relationship, which might be related to separation, also increased the risk for depression. From the Cambridge English Corpus A more intimate term is needed to describe the persons whose acts are attributed to the corporation. From the Cambridge English Corpus At the same time, first-party privilege is provisionally accommodated and intimate harmony is protected in the face of such an unpleasant revelation. From the Cambridge English Corpus At every juncture there is a seamless connection between private moments and public events, intimate feelings and collective sentiments, personal goals and national ambitions. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this context, musical relations are likely to become more self-conscious, and less intimate, than when watching fiction. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the case of online diaries, publicizing the intimate meets two purposes, a social one and another, individual one. From the Cambridge English Corpus The former, more intimate and personal, on of hands, was the most popular therapy. From the Cambridge English Corpus Moreover, the decaying houses intimate the finite nature of our existence. From the Cambridge English Corpus I don't like it at all, because love-making is perhaps the most intimate and personal thing imaginable. From the Cambridge English Corpus The author had done little to help dispel this confusion, other than intimating his discomfort by putting the term ' peripheral ' within quotes. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of intimate?

Translations of intimate

in Chinese (Traditional) 個人的, 親密的, 有性關係的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 个人的, 亲密的, 有性关系的… See more in Spanish íntimo, profundo, íntima… See more in Portuguese íntimo, profundo, íntima… See more in Marathi in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish जीवलग, जिव्हाळ्याचे, सखोल… See more özel, kişisel, gizli… See more intime, proche, dans l’intimité… See more 密接（みっせつ）な, 親密（しんみつ）な, くつろげる… See more intiem, grondig, boezemvriend… See more மிக நெருங்கிய நட்பு அல்லது தனிப்பட்ட அல்லது பாலியல் உறவைக் கொண்டிருப்பது அல்லது ஏற்படுத்தக்கூடியது, (அறிவு அல்லது புரிதல்) விரிவானது மற்றும் நிறைய படிப்பு அல்லது அனுபவத்திலிருந்து பெறப்பட்டது… See more घनिष्ठ, अन्तरंग, (जानकारी या समझ के सम्बंध में) सुपरिचित… See more અંતરંગ, આત્મીય, ઘનિષ્ઠ… See more nær, intim, fortrolig… See more förtrolig, innerlig, intim… See more rapat, peribadi, mendalam… See more innig, persönlich, gründlich… See more intim, nær, fortrolig… See more قریبی, بے تکلف, جگری… See more близький, тісний, інтимний… See more చాలా సన్నిహిత స్నేహం లేదా వ్యక్తిగత లేదా లైంగిక సంబంధం కలిగి ఉండటం, లేదా దానికి కారణమయే అవకాశం ఉండడం, చాలా అధ్యయనం లేదా అనుభవం నుండి పొందిన వివరమైన జ్ఞానం లేదా అవగాహన… See more অন্তরঙ্গ অথবা ব্যক্তিগত বা যৌন, ঘনিষ্ঠ… See more důvěrný, intimní, podrobný… See more akrab, pribadi, mendalam… See more ใกล้ชิด, ส่วนตัว, ละเอียดลออ… See more thân thiết, cá nhân, sâu sắc… See more intymny, bliski, kameralny… See more Need a translator?

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