<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the state of being intimate.</li><li>a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group.</li><li>a close association with or detailed knowledge or deep understanding of a place, subject, period of history, etc.: an intimacy with Japan.</li><li>an act or expression serving as a token of familiarity, affection, or the like: to allow the intimacy of using first names.</li><li>an amorously familiar act; liberty.</li><li>sexual intercourse.</li><li>the quality of being comfortable, warm, or familiar: the intimacy of the room.</li><li>privacy, especially as suitable to the telling of a secret: in the intimacy of his studio.</li></ul>