familiar | ||
1. | [ adjective ] well known or easily recognized; not unfamiliar | |
Examples: | "a familiar figure" "familiar songs" "familiar guests" |
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Related terms: | unfamiliar old acquainted long-familiar long-familiar beaten known familiarity | |
2. | [ adjective ] within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange | |
Examples: | "familiar ordinary objects found in every home" "a familiar everyday scene" "a familiar excuse" "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences" |
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Related terms: | strange common common_or_garden everyday | |
3. | [ adjective ] (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly | |
Synonyms: | conversant | |
Examples: | "conversant with business trends" "familiar with the complex machinery" "he was familiar with those roads" |
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Related terms: | informed | |
4. | [ adjective ] taking undue liberties | |
Synonyms: | overfamiliar | |
Examples: | "young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them" |
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Related terms: | forward | |
5. | [ adjective ] having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship | |
Synonyms: | intimate | |
Examples: | "on familiar terms" "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" |
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Related terms: | close | |
6. | [ noun ] a person who is frequently in the company of another | |
Synonyms: | comrade companion fellow associate | |
Examples: | "drinking companions" "comrades in arms" |
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Related terms: | friend date playmate tovarich consort | |
7. | [ adjective ] natural and unstudied | |
Synonyms: | casual free-and-easy | |
Examples: | "using their Christian names in a casual way" "lectured in a free-and-easy style" |
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Related terms: | informal | |
8. | [ noun ] (work) a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support | |
Related terms: | servant | |
9. | [ noun ] (folklore) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard | |
Synonyms: | familiar_spirit | |
Related terms: | spirit | |
Similar spelling: |
familiarly familiarize familiarity familiarise family_room |