familiar
30 08 2008Nouns
1. (n.) familiar;
- a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support;
2. (n.) associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow;
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another;
- “drinking companions”; “comrades in arms”;
3. (n.) familiar, familiar spirit;
- a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard;
Adjectives
1. (adj.) familiar;
- well known or easily recognized;
- “a familiar figure”; “familiar songs”; “familiar guests”;
2. (adj.) familiar;
- 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. (adj.) conversant, familiar;
- (usually followed by `with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly;
- “conversant with business trends”; “familiar with the complex machinery”; “he was familiar with those roads”;
4. (adj.) familiar, intimate;
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship;
- “on familiar terms”; “pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders”;
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