List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 154

SYNONYMS: familiar, close, intimate, confidential, chummy.
These adjectives describe relationships marked by intimacy.

Familiar implies an easy, often informal association based on frequent contact or shared interests: a familiar song; a familiar guest.
Close implies strong emotional attachment: close friendship; close to my brothers and sisters.
Intimate suggests bonds of affection or understanding resulting from the sharing of interests, problems, and experiences: intimate friends; on an intimate footing.
Confidential suggests closeness founded on trust: the prime minister's confidential secretary.
Chummy implies the comfortable, casual sociability shared by close friends: The bartender was chummy with the regular customers.