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Familiar (adjective)
Known to one.
“there’s a familiar face;”
“that tune sounds familiar”
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Familiar (adjective)
Acquainted.
“I’m quite familiar with this system;”
“she’s not familiar with manual gears”
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Familiar (adjective)
Intimate or friendly.
“we are not on familiar terms;”
“our neighbour is not familiar”
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Familiar (adjective)
Inappropriately intimate or friendly.
“Don’t be familiar with me, boy!”
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Familiar (adjective)
Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
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Familiar (noun)
An attendant spirit, often in animal or even demon form.
“The witch’s familiar was a black cat.”
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Familiar (noun)
A member of one’s family or household.
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Familiar (noun)
A close friend.
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Familiar (noun)
The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.
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Unfamiliar (adjective)
Strange, not familiar.
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Unfamiliar (noun)
An unfamiliar person; a stranger.
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Familiar (adjective)
well known from long or close association
“a familiar voice”
“their faces will be familiar to many of you”
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Familiar (adjective)
often encountered or experienced; common
“the situation was all too familiar”
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Familiar (adjective)
having a good knowledge of
“ensure that you are familiar with the heating controls”
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Familiar (adjective)
in close friendship; intimate
“she had not realized they were on such familiar terms”
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Familiar (adjective)
informal or intimate to an inappropriate degree
“he was being overly familiar with Gloria”
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Familiar (noun)
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”
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Familiar (noun)
a close friend or associate.
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Familiar (noun)
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope’s or bishop’s household.
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