States and conditions
Synonyms for intimate
Synonyms for intimate: informal, knowledgeable, confidant, familiar and private. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for intimate
Interchangeable with intimate, one per sense
Audited under intimate's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one intimate carries in that sense.
- informaladjective, in the sense "having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere"
- knowledgeableadjective, in the sense "thoroughly acquainted through study or experience"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name intimate as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: two audited under intimate and three under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
The small room was cozy and intimate.
The true synonym
informal
Same sentence, swapped: The small room was cozy and informal.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot intimate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- inner
- knowledgeable
- gathered
thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
This girl, so intimate with nature.
The true synonym
knowledgeable
Same sentence, swapped: This girl, so knowledgeable with nature.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- inner
- cozy
- gathered
Where intimate turns up in the game
intimate is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where intimate is the trap
- confidentialadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is secret, in the sense "given in confidence or in secret", with intimate sitting one tile away.
- collectedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is poised, in the sense "in full control of your faculties", and intimate is one of the three tiles that lose.
- familiaradjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is conversant, in the sense "well informed about or knowing thoroughly", and intimate is on the board beside it.
Play intimate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so intimate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. intimate carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.