Familiar Definition
familiar
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English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /fəˈmɪl.i.ə/, X-SAMPA: /fV"mIli3r\/, /f@"mI.li.@(r\)/
- (US) IPA: /fəˈmɪl.jɚ/, /fəˈmɪl.i.ɚ/
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Adjective
familiar (comparative more familiar, superlative most familiar)
- Known to one.
- There’s a familiar face.
- Acquainted.
- I'm not familiar with this system.
- Intimate or friendly.
- We are not on familiar terms.
- Inappropriately intimate or friendly.
- Don’t be familiar with me, boy!
- Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
Synonyms
- (acquainted): acquainted
- (intimate, friendly): close, friendly, intimate, personal
- (inappropriately intimate or friendly): cheeky, fresh, impudent
Antonyms
- (known to one): unfamiliar, unknown
- (acquainted): unacquainted
- (intimate): cold, cool, distant, impersonal, standoffish, unfriendly
Derived terms
Noun
familiar (plural familiars)
- (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
- (obsolete) A close friend.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.i.4.2:
- a friend of mine, that finding a receipt in Brassavola, would needs take hellebore in substance, and try it on his own person; but had not some of his familiars come to visit him by chance, he had by his indiscretion hazarded himself; many such I have observed.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.i.4.2:
- An attendant spirit often in animal form.
- The witch’s familiar was a black cat.
Translations
attendant spirit
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Catalan
Adjective
familiar m. and f. (plural familiars)
Noun
familiar m. and f. (plural familiars)
Galician
Noun
familiar m. and f. (plural familiares)
- familiar (as opposed to formal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
familiar m.
- plural indefinite of familie
Spanish
Adjective
familiar m. and f. (plural familiares)
Noun
familiar m. and f. (plural familiares)
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