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   Fa·mil·iar

   /fəˈmilyər/

   

   adjective

   • 1. well known from long or close association: "their faces will be familiar to many of you"
   • ▪ often encountered or experienced; common: "the situation was all too familiar" Similar well knownknownrecognizedaccustomedcommoneverydayday-to-dayordinarycommonplacefrequenthabitualusualcustomaryrepeatedroutinestandardstockmundanerun-of-the-millconventionalhouseholddomesticcommon or gardengarden varietyinformal:bog-standardliterary:wontedOpposite unfamiliar
   • ▪ having a good knowledge of: "ensure that you are familiar with the heating controls"
   • 2. in close friendship; intimate: "she had not realized they were on such familiar terms" Similar closeintimatedearnearconfidentialbosomfriendlyneighborlysociableamicableeasyinformal:pallychummymateybuddy-buddypalsy-walsythickthick as thieves
   • ▪ informal to an inappropriate degree: "he was being overly familiar with Gloria" Similar overfamiliarunduly familiarover-freepresumptuousdisrespectfulforwardboldimpudentimpertinentintrusivemaking passes atchatting upmaking advances towardinformal:pushyOpposite formal

   noun

   • 1. a demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal: "her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts"
   • 2. a close friend or associate.
   • 3. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope's or bishop's household.

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘intimate’, ‘on a family footing’): from Old French familier, from Latin familiaris, from familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. familiarly adverb

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   familiar: 1 n a friend who is frequently in the company of another Synonyms: associate , companion , comrade , fellow Types: show 4 types... hide 4 types... date , escort a participant in a date playfellow , playmate a companion at play tovarich , tovarisch a comrade (especially in Russian communism) blind date a participant in a blind date ...

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