1. intimacy(n = noun.attribute) closeness, familiarity - close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
is a kind of friendliness
2. intimacy(n = noun.state) affair, affaire, amour, involvement, liaison - a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship;
is a kind of sexual relationship
3. intimacy(n = noun.feeling) closeness - a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
is a kind of belonging
has particulars: togetherness
The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
intimacy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the state of being intimate.
2 an intimate act, esp. sexual intercourse.
3 an intimate remark; an endearment.
N friendship, amity, friendliness, brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, confraternity, harmony, peace, firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship, cordiality, fraternization, entente cordiale, good understanding, rapprochement, sympathy, fellow-feeling, response, welcomeness, affection, favoritism, good will, acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, intercourse, fellowship, knowledge of, introduction, friendly, amicable, amical, well-affected, unhostile, neighborly, brotherly, fraternal, sympathetic, harmonious, hearty, cordial, warm- hearted, friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with, on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing, on speaking terms, on visiting terms, in one's good graces, in one's good books, acquainted, familiar, intimate, thick, hand and glove, hail fellow well met, free and easy, welcome, amicably, with open arms, sans ceremonie, arm in arm, amicitia semper prodest, a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one, friendship is love without either flowers or veil, trulgus amicitias utilitate probat.