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Definition of intimacy : The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

Synonyms:

involution, tightness, engagement, liberty, familiarity, contact, comradeship, friendship, meanness, minginess, closeness, knowledge, acquaintance, affaire, parsimony, function, social function, conversancy, conversance, niggardliness, fellowship, stuffiness, companionship, participation, confidence, parsimoniousness, interest, amour, experience, secretiveness, tightfistedness, matter, casualness, link, niggardness, affair, impropriety, occasion, social occasion, chumminess, indecorum, liaison, inter-group communication, association, thing, nearness, involvement

devotion, romance, amorousness, fondness, faithfulness, oneness, desire, attachment, love, adoration, kinship, friendliness, infatuation, affection, worship, sentimentality, liking, tenderness, idolization, crush, communion, passion, endearment

Usage examples:

• But, of course, she remained an Oriental, and for a European to marry an Oriental is, as I have tried to explain to others, a very dangerous thing, especially if he continues to live in the East, where it cuts him off from social recognition and intimacy with his own race. - "Queen Sheba's Ring", H. Rider Haggard.
• Was there any secret previous intimacy between the families? - "A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready", Bret Harte.
• It was the less wonder that they made friends where their intimacy was sought and appreciated. - "More Bywords", Charlotte M. Yonge.