Familiar Meaning and Definition


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Familiar meaning

Word: Familiar

How to pronounce: fəˈmɪlɪə

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Well known from long or close association.

Example sentences: "Their faces will be familiar to many of you"

2. In close friendship; intimate.

Example sentences: "She had not realized they were on such familiar terms"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal.

Example sentences: "Her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts"

2. A close friend or associate.

Example sentences: "Associating with familiars can potentially provide individuals with important benefits, including enhanced group antipredator behavior."

3. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope's or bishop's household.

Example sentences: "Familiars actually dwelling in a monastery may receive their Easter Communion in the church or chapel of the monastery."


Synonyms:

conversant

versed

knowledgeable

acquaintance

friend

pal

buddy

crony

usual

commonplace

common

ordinary

acquainted

famous

chummy

accustomed

habitual

near

intimate

close

regular

routine

cheeky

impudent

associate

fellow

companion

everyday

abreast

informed


Antonyms:

unfamiliar

unusual

unacquainted

strange

extraordinary

unknown

weird


Derivations:

familiarized

familiarised

familiarity

familiarization

familiarise

familiarize

familiarly


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Familiar in Other Languages...

Spanish: Familiarizados

German: Vertraut

French: Familier

Italian: Familiarità

Turkish: Tanıdık


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