NOUN | attribute | intimacy, familiarity, closeness | close or warm friendship |
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state | intimacy, affair, affaire, liaison, involvement, amour | a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | |
feeling | intimacy, closeness | a feeling of being intimate and belonging together |
Sounds | ih'ntahmahsiy | |
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Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... |
Meaning | Close or warm friendship. | |
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Example | "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" | |
Synonyms | familiarity, closeness | |
Broader | friendliness | A friendly disposition |
Spanish | confianza, familiaridad, franqueza, intimidad | |
Catalan | confiança, familiaritat, franquesa, intimitat | |
Adjectives | incestuous | resembling incest as by excessive intimacy |
Meaning | A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship. | |
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Synonyms | affair, affaire, liaison, involvement, amour | |
Broader | sexual relationship | A relationship involving sexual intimacy |
Spanish | affaire, amorío, amor, amour, asunto, aventura, enlace, implicación, intimidad, lío amoroso | |
Catalan | afer amorós, amour, aventura |
Meaning | A feeling of being intimate and belonging together. | |
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Synonym | closeness | |
Narrower | togetherness | affectionate closeness / closeness |
Broader | belonging | happiness felt in a secure relationship |
Spanish | cercanía, intimidad, proximidad | |
Catalan | intimitat, proximitat |
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