intimacy
Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not…Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.
» Their intimacy grew with the years.
С годами они становились всё ближе.
З роками вони ставали все ближчими.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.
Intimität
бли́зостьblízostʹ, инти́мностьintímnostʹ
(countable)Intimate relationship.
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
(countable, especially, plural)Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information.
Examples
38 sentencesTheir intimacy grew with the years.
З роками вони ставали все ближчими.
ruС годами они становились всё ближе.
Your need for intimacy may increase.
Find a moment of intimacy with yourself.
He wants a single night of intimacy.
Everyone has their own preferences in intimacy.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From intim(ate) + -acy.From intim(ate) + -acy.
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Forms
plural: intimacies| Singular | intimacy |
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regular
Synonyms
8 synonyms- close or warm friendship:familiaritycloseness
- a feeling of being intimate and belonging together:closeness
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship:affairaffaireliaisoninvolvementamour
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable