'Familiar' definitions:
Definition of 'familiar'
From: WordNet
adjective
Well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests" [ant: unfamiliar]
adjective
Within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "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" [ant: strange, unusual]
adjective
(usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads" [syn: conversant(p), familiar(p)]
adjective
Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn: familiar, intimate]
noun
A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
noun
A friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate]
noun
A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard [syn: familiar, familiar spirit]
Definition of 'Familiar'
From: GCIDE
- Familiar \Fa*mil`iar\, a. [OE. familer, familier, F. familier, fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See Family.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. "Familiar feuds." --Byron.
- Syn: familial. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible. "In loose, familiar strains." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration. [1913 Webster]
- That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As things acquainted and familiar to us. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- There is nothing more familiar than this. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. --Camden. [1913 Webster]
- Familiar spirit, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call. --1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Familiar'
From: GCIDE
- Familiar \Fa*mil"iar\, n.
- 1. An intimate; a companion. [1913 Webster]
- All my familiars watched for my halting. --Jer. xx. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An attendant demon or evil spirit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Court of Inquisition) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'familiar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abreast,
- accepted,
- accustomed,
- acquaintance,
- acquainted,
- acquainted with,
- advocate,
- affable,
- alter ego,
- amicable,
- amigo,
- ancestral spirits,
- angel,
- arrogant,
- attendant godling,
- au courant,
- au fait,
- audacious,
- average,
- aware,
- back-number,
- backer,
- banal,
- best friend,
- bewhiskered,
- Bohemian,
- bold,
- boon,
- bosom friend,
- bromidic,
- brother,
- buddy-buddy,
- bumptious,
- casual,
- casual acquaintance,
- chatty,
- chummy,
- close,
- close acquaintance,
- close friend,
- cognizant,
- cold,
- colloquial,
- comfortable,
- common,
- commonly known,
- commonplace,
- confidant,
- confidante,
- confidential,
- conformable,
- conscious,
- consuetudinary,
- control,
- contumelious,
- conventional,
- conversant,
- conversant with,
- conversational,
- cool,
- cordial,
- corny,
- cozy,
- current,
- customary,
- cut-and-dried,
- daemon,
- degage,
- demon,
- disdainful,
- disrespectful,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- established,
- everyday,
- fade,
- fairy godmother,
- familiar spirit,
- familiar with,
- favorer,
- fellow,
- fellow creature,
- fellowman,
- folksy,
- forward,
- free,
- free and easy,
- frequent,
- fresh,
- friend,
- friendly,
- fusty,
- generally accepted,
- genial,
- genius,
- genius domus,
- genius loci,
- good angel,
- good genius,
- gracious,
- guardian,
- guardian angel,
- guardian spirit,
- guide,
- habitual,
- hackney,
- hackneyed,
- hand and glove,
- hand-in-hand,
- haymish,
- homely,
- homey,
- household,
- household gods,
- hubristic,
- impertinent,
- impudent,
- informal,
- informed,
- informed of,
- inseparable,
- inseparable friend,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- intimate,
- intrusive,
- invisible helper,
- irregular,
- lares and penates,
- lares compitales,
- lares familiaris,
- lares permarini,
- lares praestites,
- lares viales,
- loose,
- lover,
- manes,
- mate,
- mindful,
- ministering angel,
- moth-eaten,
- musty,
- natural,
- near,
- neighbor,
- neighborly,
- no stranger to,
- nonstandard,
- normal,
- normative,
- notorious,
- numen,
- obtaining,
- obtrusive,
- offhand,
- offhanded,
- officious,
- old hat,
- ordinary,
- other self,
- overpresumptuous,
- overweening,
- palsy-walsy,
- partisan,
- penates,
- pickup,
- plain,
- platitudinous,
- popular,
- predominating,
- prescribed,
- prescriptive,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- privy to,
- procacious,
- prosaic,
- proverbial,
- public,
- pushy,
- received,
- regular,
- regulation,
- relaxed,
- repository,
- routine,
- set,
- simple,
- snug,
- sociable,
- social,
- special providence,
- spoken,
- square,
- stale,
- standard,
- stereotyped,
- stock,
- substandard,
- supporter,
- sympathizer,
- talked-about,
- talked-of,
- tete-a-tete,
- thick,
- thick as thieves,
- threadbare,
- time-honored,
- timeworn,
- totem,
- traditional,
- trite,
- truistic,
- tutelar god,
- tutelary,
- unaffected,
- unassuming,
- unceremonious,
- unconstrained,
- unconventional,
- uneducated,
- universal,
- universally admitted,
- universally recognized,
- unliterary,
- unofficial,
- unoriginal,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unstudied,
- up,
- up on,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- usual,
- vernacular,
- versed,
- warmed-over,
- well-kenned,
- well-known,
- well-recognized,
- well-understood,
- well-wisher,
- well-worn,
- widely known,
- widespread,
- wonted,
- worn,
- worn thin