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English adjective: familiar | |||
| 1. | familiar well known or easily recognized | ||
| Samples | A familiar figure. Familiar songs. Familiar guests. | ||
| Similar | acquainted, beaten, long-familiar, old, well-known | ||
| See also | known | ||
| Attribute | familiarity | ||
| Antonyms | unfamiliar | ||
| 2. | familiar within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Similar | common, common or garden, everyday, usual | ||
| Antonyms | strange, unusual | ||
| 3. | familiar (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly | ||
| Samples | Conversant with business trends. Familiar with the complex machinery. He was familiar with those roads. | ||
| Synonyms | conversant | ||
| Similar | informed | ||
| Antonyms | uninformed | ||
| 4. | familiar having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship | ||
| Samples | On familiar terms. Pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders. | ||
| Synonyms | intimate | ||
| Similar | close | ||
| Antonyms | distant, remote | ||
English noun: familiar | |||
| 1. | familiar (person) a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | retainer, servant | ||
| 2. | familiar (person) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | ||
| Samples | Drinking companions. Comrades in arms. | ||
| Synonyms | associate, companion, comrade, fellow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | friend | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | date, escort, playfellow, playmate, tovarich, tovarisch | ||
| 3. | familiar (person) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard | ||
| Synonyms | familiar spirit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disembodied spirit, spirit | ||
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