<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.</li><li>characterized by or involving warm friendship or a personally close or familiar association or feeling: an intimate greeting.</li><li>very private; closely personal: one's intimate affairs.</li><li>characterized by or suggesting an atmosphere conducive to privacy or intimacy; warmly cozy: an intimate little café where we can relax and talk.</li><li>(of an association, knowledge, understanding, etc.) arising from close personal connection or familiar experience.</li><li>engaged in or characterized by sexual relations: too young to handle an intimate relationship.</li><li>(of women's clothing) worn next to the skin, under street or outer garments: a store that sells intimate apparel.</li><li>detailed; deep: a more intimate analysis.</li><li>showing a close union or combination of particles or elements: an intimate mixture.</li><li>inmost; deep within.</li><li>of, relating to, or characteristic of the inmost or essential nature; intrinsic: the intimate structure of an organism.</li><li>of, relating to, or existing in the inmost depths of the mind: intimate beliefs.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an intimate friend or associate, especially a confidant.</li></ul>