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intimate
adjective as in friendly, devoted
adjective as in private, personal
Strongest matches
confidential, detailed, firsthand, in-depth, penetrating, profound, visceral
noun as in a close friend; familiar person
verb as in suggest; tip off
Strong matches
air, allude, announce, aver, avouch, communicate, connote, declare, expose, express, hint, indicate, infer, insinuate, leak, profess, remind, spring, state, utter, vent, voice, warn
Weak matches
drop a hint, let cat out of bag, let it be known, make known, make noise, spill the beans
Example Sentences
The scene unsettles Monroe fans, knowing it was her husband, writer Arthur Miller, who perhaps plagiarized her intimate words for the screen.
She has a knack for asking questions that go right up to the edge of intrusion but instead yield thoughtful, intimate insights.
Sensitive, empathetic, Rose proceeds carefully, mindful of how intimate these vulnerable moments can become.
Watching then-President Reagan addressing the delegates at the 1988 GOP convention, Didion witnessed a speech “rhetorically pitched not to a live audience but to the more intimate demands of the camera.”
"Anyone that knows how to exploit the system can have any image they do not like removed, not just intimate images," legal expert Matt Lane told him.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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