intimate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone to whom private matters are confided
Types & categories
- friend hypernym
- confidante hyponym
- repository hyponym
Related & opposite
- confide derivation
Sense 2 verb
give to understand
I insinuated that I did not like his wife
Types & categories
- hint hypernym
Related & opposite
- inkling derivation
- insinuation derivation
Sense 3 adjective
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
intimate friend
Related & opposite
- close similar to
Sense 4 verb
imply as a possibility
The evidence suggests a need for more clarification
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- inkling derivation
- intimation derivation
- prompting derivation
- suggestive derivation
- revelatory derivation
- suggestible derivation
Sense 5 adjective
having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
had a cozy chat
Related & opposite
- informality derivation
- coziness derivation
- friendly similar to
Sense 6 adjective
having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
on familiar terms
Related & opposite
- intimacy derivation
- familiarity derivation
- close similar to
Sense 7 adjective
involved in a sexual relationship
the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife
Related & opposite
- sexy similar to
Sense 8 adjective
innermost or essential
the inner logic of Cubism
Related & opposite
- intrinsic similar to
Sense 9 adjective
thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
this girl, so intimate with nature
Related & opposite
- knowledgeability derivation
- experienced similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | confide |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | friend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confidante |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | repository |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inkling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insinuation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hint |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | close |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inkling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | intimation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggestive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | revelatory |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggestible |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | imply |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | make out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | informality |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | coziness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | friendly |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | intimacy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | familiarity |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | close |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | sexy |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | intrinsic |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | knowledgeability |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | experienced |