intimate

About 12.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Closely acquainted; familiar.

   an intimate friend

2. adjective Personal; private.

   an intimate setting

3. adjective Pertaining to sex organs or underwear.
4. adjective Pertaining to sexual acts or a sexual relationship.

   She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.

5. adjective Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know.

   The candidate showed an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of politics.

6. adjective Very finely mixed.

   Black powder consists of an intimate mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.

7. noun A very close friend.

   Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.

8. noun (in the plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.

   You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs.

Similar words

friendly connected familiar personal confidant intrinsic inner experienced intrinsical knowledgeable

Often followed by

and friend knowledge friends with relationship contact relationships connection

Word family

intimated intimately intimateness intimatenesses intimater intimaters intimates intimating