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Intimacy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The condition of being intimate.

n. An instance of being intimate.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being intimate; close union or conjunction.

n. Close familiarity or fellowship; intimate friendship.

n. Synonyms Familiarity, etc. See acquaintance.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

n. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

n. close or warm friendship

Word Usage

"We cannot understand each other, except in a rough and ready way; we cannot reveal ourselves, even when we want to; what we call intimacy is only a makeshift; perfect knowledge is an illusion."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sexual relationship friendliness

Cross Reference

amour

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

fellowship familiarity acquaintance friendship

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

friendship familiarity intercourse companionship friendliness