Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for intimacy. Search instead for intimsprays.
Definitions

intimacy

[in-tuh-muh-see] / ˈɪn tə mə si /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

"If you're cancelling plans with your significant other or directing your intimacy towards a fictional character, then that is a little odd."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

This deeply tender and generous memoir pulls back from the intimacy of David’s bungalow to take in all humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Nitish Pahwa: We’re in this moment where people aren’t just engaging in emotional intimacy with chatbots, but doing so knowing that it’s fake, and that the LLM is gameable.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Telluride’s intimacy is part of its peculiar power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Their clotheslines are strung with underpants, nighties, socks, a display of soiled intimacy, which they have washed and rinsed, plunging their hands into the gray curdled water.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Mr. Jensen, himself a native of western Nebraska, writes insightfully about the intimacies, frustrations and rivalries of such a place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

The lines that had once been carved in laws and norms are obsolete in the eyes of an algorithm designed to lure you into the performative intimacies of strangers’ lives.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025

It takes some getting used to, but it puts you in an outward-facing mood, attuned to sounds and intimacies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024

Each has consequences on the longer-term lifespan of whatever intimacies their characters can scrape out for themselves.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

He sat down again, facing the front as if he and his girl were alone, talking intimacies.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


Vocabulary lists containing intimacy

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com