intimacy
Sharing your secrets
Intimacy is closeness between people—emotional, physical, or both.
Emotional intimacy involves sharing thoughts and vulnerabilities: Their late-night conversations created a real intimacy.
Physical intimacy ranges from affectionate touch to sex; intimacy alone often euphemizes sexual contact: The relationship became physical, but she wasn't ready for intimacy.
The plural intimacies usually means private acts or exchanges: the intimacies of marriage.
A joining or relation
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- closenessState of proximity
- togethernessState of close connection
- companionshipState of having company
familiarity · kinship · communion · inseparability · interdependence · symbiosis · mutuality · reciprocity
Gentle, caring quality
- warmthHeat you feel
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- adorationProfound loving regard
- caringShowing kind concern
devotion · attachment · empathy · compassion · cherish · endearment · heartfelt · gentleness
Sexual intercourse between partners
- passionIntense emotional drive
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
- arousalStirring to heightened state
desire · eroticism · afterglow · seduction · consummation · carnal · bedroom · physical
Practice of hiding information
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- personalRelating to one's self
private · hidden · sheltered · undisclosed · concealed · confidences · whispered · secrets
Openness to harm
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
fidelity · sincerity · authenticity · reliability · loyalty · dependability · steadfastness · confiding
connection
A joining or relation
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- closenessState of proximity
- togethernessState of close connection
companionship · familiarity · kinship · communion · inseparability · interdependence · symbiosis · mutuality · reciprocity · understanding
tenderness
Gentle, caring quality
caring · devotion · attachment · empathy · compassion · cherish · endearment · heartfelt · gentleness · nurturing
lovemaking
Sexual intercourse between partners
- passionIntense emotional drive
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
arousal · desire · eroticism · afterglow · seduction · consummation · carnal · bedroom · physical · touch
secrecy
Practice of hiding information
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
personal · private · hidden · sheltered · undisclosed · concealed · confidences · whispered · secrets · exclusive
vulnerability
Openness to harm
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
commitment · fidelity · sincerity · authenticity · reliability · loyalty · dependability · steadfastness · confiding · transparency
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, beloved
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- affectionhug, kiss, care, cuddle, caress
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- Friendship Bondsloyalty, trust, bonds, fellowship, companionship
intimacydistance
Space between two points
estrangement · alienation · detachment · coldness · emotional distance
intimacyformality
Strict observance of convention
reserve · stiffness · impersonality · professionalism · ceremoniousness
intimacysecrecy
Practice of hiding information
guardedness · superficiality · privacy · opacity · inscrutability
- intimate settingsSmall, personal gathering spaces
- intimate relationshipsDeep personal connections
- emotional intimacyDeep personal connection
- intimate momentClose personal encounter
- intimate apparelUnderclothing, often decorative
- intimate relationsSexual or romantic closeness
intimate, intimation, intimately, intimated, intimates, intimating, intimacies