familiar
Meaning of familiar
noun
- An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
The witch’s familiar was a black cat.
- A member of one's family or household.
- A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
- A close friend.
- The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.
- Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
there’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar
- Acquainted.
I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears
- Intimate or friendly.
we are not on familiar terms; our neighbour is not familiar
- Inappropriately intimate or friendly.
Don’t be familiar with me, boy!
- Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
Information about familiar
- The plural form of familiar is: familiars.
- Languages in which familiar is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of familiar
fa-mil-iar
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- familiar is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
familiar synonyms
Meaning conversant:
Meaning intimate:
Meaning companion:
companion, comrade, fellow, associate
Meaning :
nigget, acquainted, cheeky, fresh, impudent, close, friendly, personal
familiar antonyms
Meaning :
unacquainted, cold, cool, distant, impersonal, standoffish, unfriendly, unfamiliar, unknown
Translation of familiar
- Spanish: familiar, imprudente
- Portuguese: familiar
Words that rhyme with familiar
liar, evangeliar, gangliar, neurogliar, archliar, atrabiliar, auxiliar, conciliar, domiciliar, infamiliar, nonfamiliar, overfamiliar, paterfamiliar, prefamiliar, punctiliar, ultrafamiliar, unfamiliar, talliar, foliar, interfoliar, subfoliar, suprafoliar, unifoliar, peculiar, unpeculiar
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