Intimate may refer to:
- Intimate examination, a physical examination for medical purposes that includes examination of the breasts, genitalia, or rectum of a patient
- Intimate ion pair, the interactions between a cation, anion and surrounding solvent molecules
- Intimate media, media artifacts created and collected to capture and commemorate aspects of family and intimate relationships
- Intimate part, a place on the human body which it is usually customary to keep covered with clothing in public areas
- Intimate relationship, a particularly close interpersonal relationship
- Intimate (album), the debut album by Australian actress and singer Toni Pearen
Famous quotes containing the word intimate:
“I am not sure but I should betake myself in extremities to the liberal divinities of Greece, rather than to my country’s God. Jehovah, though with us he has acquired new attributes, is more absolute and unapproachable, but hardly more divine, than Jove. He is not so much of a gentleman, not so gracious and catholic, he does not exert so intimate and genial an influence on nature, as many a god of the Greeks.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The pleasures and the cares of the luckiest ambition, even of limitless power, are nothing next to the intimate happiness that tenderness and love give. I am man before being a prince, and when I have the good fortune to be in love, my mistress addresses a man and not a prince.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“Men talk, but rarely about anything personal. Recent research on friendship ... has shown that male relationships are based on shared activities: men tend to do things together rather than simply be together.... Female friendships, particularly close friendships, are usually based on self-disclosure, or on talking about intimate aspects of their lives.”
—Bettina Arndt (20th century)