INTIMACY Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

intimacy

noun

ˈin-tə-mə-sē

Definition of intimacy

as in familiarity

the state of being in a very personal or private relationship there can be both rewards and regrets from intimacy with another person

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Recent Examples of intimacy Filmed in a single take, the video eschews elaborate production in favor of stark intimacy. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 July 2026 The musical supervisor is Bill Sherman and the musical director and associate musical supervisor is Katy Richardson, the intimacy director is Asha Jennings-Grant, the associate director is Priya Patel Appleby and the dialect coach is Joe Trill. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 July 2026 Naomi Sharon Moves Through Sound, Not Noise Her work has always carried a certain emotional weather system—soft storms, aftershocks of intimacy, the kind of sadness that doesn’t ask permission to sound beautiful. — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 This precision is a testament to the intimacy that exists between plant and place, an intimacy born of centuries of people and landscapes coming into being together. — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for intimacy

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimacy

Noun

There are nine players for Norway who play for clubs in England, so there will obviously be familiarity between the sides Saturday.

— Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
El-Sayed, who is forty-one, wore jeans and a tight, black V-neck T-shirt that advertised his familiarity with the bench press; at times, his campaign style is less Bernie and more bro.

— Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Definition of familiarity

Noun

Investigators later recovered some of Warren’s belongings behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Dalton, a city located in northwest Georgia.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 July 2026
This version from Quince has a separate compartment for a laptop, as well as two separate sections to keep the remaining belongings organized.

— Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Definition of belonging

Noun

This includes Martin and Fransway defending their relationship spark, Hubbard being accused of playing the single mom card and Olivera and Hubbard confronting each other over their troubled friendship.

— Peter White, Deadline, 13 July 2026
Ferlinghetti’s friendship with Jack Kerouac — and his invitations to escape the Bay Area for the solitude of the Big Sur coast — tied the poet and the novelist to the same stretch of rugged landscape that still draws tourists and artists today.

— David Caraccio Updated July 13, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of friendship

Noun

The love for the game, competitive drive, and even bat control stuck with him.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The dialectically deft characters in his movies aren’t talking heads but talking bodies, elaborating a world of cultural and rhetorical elegance from the sublimation of lust and the dream of love.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026