familiar meaning

• Adjective: familiar  fu'milyur [N. Amer], fu'mileeu(r) [Brit]
  1. Well known or easily recognized
     "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests" 
  2. 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" 
  3. (usually followed by 'with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly
     "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads"
     - conversant 
  4. Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
     "on familiar terms"
     - intimate
  Noun: familiar  fu'milyur [N. Amer], fu'mileeu(r) [Brit]
  1. A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support 
  2. A friend who is frequently in the company of another
     - companion, comrade, fellow, associate, yokefellow [N. Amer] 
  3. 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

• familiar spirit:    Noun: familiar spi ...
• in a familiar way:    [American slang]mo ...
• long-familiar:    Adjective: long-fa ...

Examples

1. familiar scenes were imaged on the screen.
2. i am on familiar terms with my bank manager.
3. he found the familiar place threatening.
4. sometimes, she would be quite familiar with me.
5. charlie flashed us a familiar grin.