| ADJECTIVE | all | familiar | well known or easily recognized |
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| all | familiar | within normal everyday experience | |
| all | familiar, conversant | (usually followed by 'with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly | |
| all | familiar, intimate | having mutual interests or affections | |
| NOUN | person | familiar | a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support |
| person | familiar, companion, comrade, fellow, associate | a friend who is frequently in the company of another | |
| person | familiar, familiar spirit | a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch / witch or wizard |
| Sounds | fahmih'lyer | |
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| Rhymes | behavior ... Xavier: 32 rhymes with yer... | |
| Meaning | well known or easily recognized. | |
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| Attribute of | familiarity | usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known |
| Narrower | acquainted | Having fair knowledge of |
| beaten | Much trodden and worn smooth or bare | |
| long-familiar, well-known | frequently experienced | |
| old | (used for emphasis) very familiar | |
| See also | known | apprehended with certainty |
| Opposite | unfamiliar | not known or well known |
| Spanish | familiar | |
| Catalan | familiar | |
| Nouns | familiar | a friend who is frequently in the company of another |
| familiarity | usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known | |
| Meaning | Within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange. | |
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| Narrower | common, usual | commonly encountered |
| everyday | commonplace and ordinary | |
| garden | The usual or familiar type | |
| Opposite | strange, unusual | definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected |
| Spanish | común, corriente, ordinario | |
| Catalan | comú, corrent, familiar, ordinari | |
| Nouns | familiarity | usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known |
| Meaning | (usually followed by 'with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly. | |
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| Synonym | conversant | |
| Broader | informed | Having much knowledge or education |
| Spanish | familiar, versado | |
| Nouns | familiarity | personal knowledge or information about someone or something |
| Meaning | Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship. | |
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| Example | "on familiar terms" | |
| Synonym | intimate | |
| Broader | close | Close in relevance or relationship |
| Spanish | íntimo | |
| Catalan | familiar, íntim | |
| Nouns | familiarity | close or warm friendship |
| familiarity | personal knowledge or information about someone or something | |
| Adverbs | familiarly | in an intimately familiar manner |
| Meaning | A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support. | |
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| Broader | servant, retainer | A person working in the service of another (especially in the household) |
| Meaning | A friend who is frequently in the company of another. | |
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| Synonyms | companion, comrade, fellow, associate | |
| Narrower | date, escort | A participant in a date |
| playmate, playfellow | A companion at play | |
| tovarich, tovarisch | A comrade (especially in Russian communism) | |
| Broader | friend | A person you know well and regard with affection and trust |
| Spanish | acompañante, amigo, camarada, compañera, compañero | |
| Catalan | acompanyant, camarada, companya, company | |
| Adjectives | familiar | well known or easily recognized |
| Meaning | A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch / witch or wizard. | |
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| Synonym | familiar spirit | |
| Broader | spirit, disembodied spirit | Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |
| Spanish | espíritu familiar, familiar | |
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