Inmost; inward; internal; as intimate impulse.

Near; close. He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission.

Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; as an intimate friend; intimate acquaintance.

A familiar friend or associate; one to whom the thoughts of another are entrusted without reserve.

To share together.

To hint; to suggest obscurely, indirectly or not very plainly; to give slight notice of. He intimated his intention of resigning his office. ‘Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.