What does intimate mean?

Question

What does intimate mean?

Answer 1

One with another at all levels.  No problem sharing any of your emotions with another and vice versa.

Answer 2

closeness on all levels with no reservations or hesitations.

Answer 3

kissing, hugging, just genuinely loving being together...not necessarily s*x.

Answer 4

It means being close mentally and physically and emotionally with a person

Answer 5

Being close to one another, touching, kissing, each other tenderly, being close to one another not just sexualy, but in spirit and in mind

Answer 6

Intimate does mean closeness but not exclusively to s*x which a lot of men seem to think.  There should be a lot more to a relationship than just s*x.

Answer 7

At this point when I can't resist an easy 2 points, you already have 5 excellent answers to you questions (which I just have to believe you *knew* the answer to already).

My understanding of 'Being intimate' (with another human being) goes far beyond the bodily, sexual concept of the meaning. It indicates a very close 'meeting of the minds' in the most detailed conceptions of thoughts and ideas between said human beings.