intimate

/ˈin-tə-mət/

alteration of obsolete intime, from Latin intimus seeintimate

adjective

  1. marked by a warm friendship developing through long association

  2. suggesting informal warmth or privacy

  3. engaged in, involving, or marked by sex or sexual relations

intimate friends

intimate clubs

noun

  1. a very close friend or confidant : an intimate friend

verb

  1. to communicate delicately and indirectly : hint

  2. to make known especially publicly or formally : announce

suggest imply hint intimate insinuate mean to convey an idea indirectly. suggest may stress putting into the mind by association of ideas, awakening of a desire, or initiating a train of thought. imply is close to suggest but may indicate a more definite or logical relation of the unexpressed idea to the expressed.