familiar meaning
[ fə'miljə ] Pronunciation: "familiar" in a sentence
- Adjective: familiar fu'milyur [N. Amer], fu'mileeu(r) [Brit]
- Well known or easily recognized
"a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests" - Within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
"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" - (usually followed by 'with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly
"familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads"
- conversant - Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
"on familiar terms"
- intimate
- A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- A friend who is frequently in the company of another
- companion, comrade, fellow, associate, yokefellow [N. Amer] - A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
- familiar spirit
Derived forms: familiars
See also: acquainted, beaten, close, common, common or garden [Brit], everyday, familiarity, familiarly, informed, known, long-familiar, old, usual, well-known
Type of: disembodied spirit, friend, retainer, servant, spirit
Antonym: strange, unfamiliar
Encyclopedia: Familiar
- Well known or easily recognized
- familiar spirit: Noun: familiar spi ...
- in a familiar way: [American slang]mo ...
- long-familiar: Adjective: long-fa ...
Examples
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- familiar scenes were imaged on the screen.
- i am on familiar terms with my bank manager.
- he found the familiar place threatening.
- sometimes, she would be quite familiar with me.
- charlie flashed us a familiar grin.