intimacy
1. close or warm friendship (Freq. 1) - the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy • Syn: familiarity, closeness • Derivationally related forms: familiar (for: familiarity) • Hypernyms: friendliness 2. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together - their closeness grew as the night wore on • Syn: closeness • Derivationally related forms: close (for: closeness) • Hypernyms: belonging • Hyponyms: togetherness 3. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship • Syn: affair, affaire, liaison, involvement, amour • Hypernyms: sexual relationship
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