INTIMACIES 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 Songs from Darling Blue and No Room For Blue took on an even greater intimacy in Dreamland’s close quarters, where every lyric and guitar phrase landed with remarkable clarity. — John D. Luerssen, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2026 That creates a natural intimacy between players, coaches, staff and the city that surrounds it. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 That’s in large part due to the galvanizing performances of real-life couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, for whom the film was written, bringing an electric emotional charge to scenes of both intimacy and estrangement. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Too much process can undermine the intimacy that makes peer communities valuable in the first place. — Siri Swahari, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intimacy

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimacy

Noun

Some of that will come simply from familiarity with Denver’s offense.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
And so many comments assumed familiarity with the context for everyone else.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of familiarity

Noun

Rifling through the belongings of her great-aunt Jet (Wiest) for a spell to save Gideon, Kylie finds the Book of Ravens, which cryptically hints at an incantation that might break the Owens’ love curse.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
On Monday, Fort Smith Police Officer Jonathan Mounts and his family lost their home and belongings in a house fire, according to a Facebook post from the Fort Smith Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of belonging

Noun

Stolen and enslaved Indigenous people formed new networks of kinship; learned new skills and languages; retained memories of family, kin, and rituals; and, through it all, continually plotted to return home.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Carrington in particular models what some have termed an ecofeminist approach, one that does not appropriate animals for the artist’s own self-revelation but instead develops kinship across species.

— Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of kinship

Noun

The two wives soon strike up a tentative friendship as Ye-ji expresses interest in telling Ho-seok’s story — but the group dynamic grows increasingly complicated by their extreme class differences and subtly conflicting desires.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Another chapter digs into Ronson’s rocky friendship with the comedy writer Graham Linehan, whose involvement in the gender-critical movement led him to act out online in ways that Ronson reads as self-destructive.

— Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of friendship

Noun

And yet, despite America’s best efforts, in the midst of this horror, millions of artists, travelers, and inventors created love, and light.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Many athletes are motivated by a deep hatred of losing, more so than a love of winning.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026