What is the meaning of intimate?

noun

• Someone to whom private matters are confided.
  • synonyms: confidant

verb

• Give to understand.
  • usage: "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
  • synonyms: adumbrate, insinuate
• Imply as a possibility.
  • usage: "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"
  • synonyms: suggest

adjective

• Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity. "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V. L. Parrington
• Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere.
  • usage: "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"
  • synonyms: cozy, informal
• Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship.
  • usage: "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
  • synonyms: familiar
• Involved in a sexual relationship.
  • usage: "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts"
  • synonyms: sexual
• Innermost or essential.
  • usage: "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
  • synonyms: inner, internal
• Thoroughly acquainted through study or experience."this girl, so intimate with nature-W. H. Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting- Herbert Read
  • synonyms: knowledgeable, versed