I . a.
1.
Near, close.
2.
Familiar, friendly, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.
3.
Familiar, close, bosom, very dear, confidential.
4.
Inward, internal, interior, from within.
II . n.
Confidant, crony, familiar friend, ~ acquaintance, bosom friend.
III . v. a.
Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, give an inkling of, glance at, remind of, put in mind of.