intimate
Closely acquainted; familiar.
Adjective 2 meanings
Closely acquainted; familiar.
“an intimate friend”
Personal; private.
“an intimate setting”
Noun 2 meanings
A very close friend.
“Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.”
Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
Verb 2 meanings
To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
“He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.”
To notify.
“I will intimate you when the details are available.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intimātus, the perfect passive participle of intimō (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”) (see -ate (adjective forming suffix)), from intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”); see interior.
Similar and opposite words
INTIMATE at a glance
INTIMATE has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + T 1 + I 1 + M 3 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,385 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with intimate
All rhymesKeep going
Related lists
Looking for a different word?
Type the letters you have and the Finder shows every word that fits.