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familiar
has definitions from the fields of folklore,work
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[ adjective ] well known or easily recognized; not unfamiliar
Examples "a familiar figure" "familiar songs" "familiar guests" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)Most of the female faces are new , or at_least not too familiar . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)When a man recognizes a certain experience as the exact pattern of a previous dream , we have an instance of deja_vu , except for the fact that he knows just why the experience seems familiar . When we arrive_at the events concerned in the vanished majority , they , of_course , cannot impress us as anything familiar . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)It was a part so familiar to him that he did not bother to think_about it any_more . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)The place was evidently a familiar haunt and Claire wondered what other illicit loves had been celebrated in the comfortable rooms to which they were shown . Related terms unfamiliar old acquainted long-familiar long-familiar beaten known familiarity |
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[ adjective ] within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
Examples "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" Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)At a siding , another train which was a familiar sight these days . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly
Synonyms Examples "conversant with business trends" "familiar with the complex machinery" "he was familiar with those roads" Used in print (H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)Even beginning students in linguistics are made familiar with an appreciable variety of consonant_systems , both in their general outlines and in many specific details . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] taking undue liberties
Synonyms Examples "young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] natural and unstudied
Synonyms Examples "using their Christian names in a casual way" "lectured in a free-and-easy style" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work) 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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[ noun ] (folklore) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
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