intimacy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
close or warm friendship
the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
Types & categories
- friendliness hypernym
Related & opposite
- intimate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
Types & categories
- sexual relationship hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
their closeness grew as the night wore on
Types & categories
- belonging hypernym
- togetherness hyponym
Related & opposite
- close derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intimate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | friendliness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual relationship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | belonging |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | togetherness |