1
[ adjective ] frequently experienced; known closely or intimately

Synonyms

well-known

Examples

"a long-familiar face" "a well-known voice reached her ears"

Related terms

familiar

2
[ adjective ] frequently experienced; known closely or intimately

Examples

"a long-familiar face" "a well-known voice reached her ears"

Used in print

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

The meaning of_this , as we shall see , is that he had no fund of visual memory-images of objects as objects ; and , therefore , he could not recognize even long-familiar things upon seeing them again .

Related terms

familiar

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