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Intimate

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

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Similar meaning 16

Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Experienced 84% connected

of Exrerience

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Experienced 84% connected

of Exrerience

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Experient 84% connected

Experienced.

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Experient 84% connected

Experienced.

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Friendly 84% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Friendly 84% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Intrinsic 84% connected

Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic valu…

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Intrinsic 84% connected

Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic valu…

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Intrinsical 84% connected

Intrinsic.

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Intrinsical 84% connected

Intrinsic.

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Personal 84% connected

Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.

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Personal 84% connected

Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.

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Sexual 84% connected

Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive geni…

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Sexual 84% connected

Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive geni…

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Narrower term 3

Confidante 76% connected

One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.

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Repository 76% connected

A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.

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Secretary 76% connected

One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.

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Broader term 4

Friend 76% connected

One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate ass…

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Hint 76% connected

To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

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Imply 76% connected

To infold or involve; to wrap up.

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Privateness 74% connected

Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.

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Privateness 74% connected

Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.

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Secrecy 74% connected

The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.

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Secrecy 74% connected

The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.

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Suggestive 74% connected

Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.

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Suggestive 74% connected

Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.

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Synonym 13

Adumbrate 92% connected

To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

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Confidant 92% connected

Alt. of Confidante

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Cosy 92% connected

See Cozy.

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Cozy 92% connected

Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.

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Familiar 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Informal 92% connected

Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, w…

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Inner 92% connected

Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.

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Insinuate 92% connected

To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.

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Internal 92% connected

Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

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Private 92% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

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Sexual 92% connected

Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive geni…

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Suggest 92% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Versed 92% connected

of Verse

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