INTIMACY Synonyms

• personal knowledge or information about someone or something

• usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known

• close or warm friendship

• a casual manner

• an act of undue intimacy

• a positive feeling of liking

• a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

• a supplementary part or accessory

• a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

• a connection that fastens things together

• faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

• the act of attaching or affixing something

• the act of fastening things together

• a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)

• (dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel

• fastening firmly together

• the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist

• sharing thoughts and feelings

• (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites

• a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

• the state of being connected

• an instrumentality that connects

• (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a connecting shape

• a supplier (especially of narcotics)

• shifting from one form of transportation to another

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

• a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

• any object of warm affection or devotion

• a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

• a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction

• a score of zero in tennis or squash

• sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people

• have a great affection or liking for

• get pleasure from

• be enamored or in love with

• have sexual intercourse with

• the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance

• a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people

• a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)

• a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

• a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

• (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

• a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

• a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

• warm compassionate feelings

• a positive feeling of liking

• a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

• affectionate closeness

• something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

• certainty based on past experience

• the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others

• a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

• complete confidence in a person or plan etc

• a trustful relationship

• have confidence or faith in

• allow without fear

• be confident about something

• expect and wish

• confer a trust upon

• (chiefly archaic) extend credit to

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

• an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy

• the sensation caused by heat energy

• a warmhearted feeling

• the quality of having a moderate degree of heat

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

• a vaguely specified concern

• a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

• a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

• a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

• a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

• the act of sharing in the activities of a group

• a connection of inclusion or containment

• a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

• a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

• the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)