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How to pronounce intimacy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms closeness, familiarity
Type of friendliness


the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy.
Type Words
Synonyms affair, affaire, amour, involvement, liaison
Type of sexual relationship
Type Words
Synonyms closeness
Type of belonging
Has types togetherness

Examples of intimacy

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Michael and Abby grew closer, but he panicked when they drew closer to intimacy.
From the freep.com
Anyway, I loved it, the intimacy, the fact that I was so sufficient for my baby.
From the guardian.co.uk
Not the right way to handle things, and a destroyer of true intimacy, but works.
From the guardian.co.uk
He said that hanging a picture in the corner of a room gives an air of intimacy.
From the theepochtimes.com
The book's second half discusses the problem of solitude in cybernetic intimacy.
From the guardian.co.uk
Intimacy jostles with celebrity in this collection of more than 300 photographs.
From the newsobserver.com
If you feel lonely with your husband, that suggests a lack of intimacy and love.
From the charlotteobserver.com
During the interviews, they achieve intimacy with strategically timed close-ups.
From the chron.com
He said the trailer is small, but the intimacy is part of what makes it special.
From the delawareonline.com
More examples
  • Familiarity: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
  • Affair: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
  • Closeness: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
  • (intimate) marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington
  • (intimate) confidant: someone to whom private matters are confided
  • (intimate) give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
  • (intimate) cozy: having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"
  • (intimate) suggest: imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"
  • (intimate) familiar: having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"