intimacy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun close or warm friendship
    closeness; familiarity.
    • the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
  2. noun a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
    affair; liaison; involvement; affaire; amour.
  3. noun a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
    closeness.
    • their closeness grew as the night wore on

WordNet

In"ti*ma*cy noun
Etymology
From Intimate.
Wordforms
plural Intimacies
Definitions
  1. The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship. Syn. -- Acquaintance; familiarity; fellowship; friendship. See Acquaintance.

Webster 1913