Familiar

Definition: Familiar

Familiar

Adjective

1. Well known or easily recognized; not unfamiliar; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests".

2. 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".

3. (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".

4. Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders".

Noun

1. A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support.

2. A person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms".

3. A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "familiar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Familiar

Courtesy

Ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar; neighborly.

Demon

Noun: demon, daemon, demonry, demonology; evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil; bad spirit, unclean spirit; cacodemon, incubus, Eblis, shaitan, succubus, succuba; Frankenstein's monster; Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman; fury, harpy; Friar Rush.

Frequency

Common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar.

Friend

Comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade, confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow.

Friendship

Friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with; on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms; in one's good graces, in one's good books.

Firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship.

Acquainted, familiar, intimate, thick, hand and glove, hail fellow well met, free and easy; welcome.

Impulse

Adjective: habitual; accustomary; prescriptive, accustomed; Verb: of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence; consuetudinary; wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot; well-trodden, well-known; familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped; prevailing, prevalent; current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited; of course, admitted, understood.

Jupiter

Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha; Isis, Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth; Thor, Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy; (bad spirit).

Knowledge

Proficient with, versed with, read with, forward with, strong with, at home in; conversant with, familiar with.

Known; Verb: ascertained, well-known, recognized, received, notorious, noted; proverbial; familiar, familiar as household words, familiar to every schoolboy; hackneyed, trite, trivial, commonplace.

Sociality

Free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms, acquainted.

Crosswords: Familiar

Portuguese (acquainted, close, common, familiar, habitual, home, home-grown, homelike, homy, intimate, near, thick), Romanian (colloquial, common, familiar, familiarly, home, homelike, intimate, unceremonious, unceremoniously, usual), Spanish (chatty, chummy, colloquial, dependant, dependent, familiar, family, homely, informal, kin, relation, relative).

You look familiar (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

This place looks oddly familiar. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I don't think I'm quite sure I'm familiar with that phrase (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

I'm sorry I'm not familiar with that term (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

There's something oddly familiar about that fork lift (Hooves of Fire; writing credit: Andy Riley; Kevin Cecil)

And don't imagine you're too familiar, (Just The Way You Are; performing artist: Billy Joel)

To familiar heroes from long ago (Hook; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

I lost myself in a familiar song (More Than a Feeling; performing artist: BOSTON)

And felt that old familiar pain (Same Old Lang Syne; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg)

There's talk on the street; it sounds so familiar (New Kid In Town; performing artist: EAGLES)

The Face Is Familiar But I Can't Quite Remember My Name. (references; author: unknown)

The Face Is Familiar (1966)

Familiar Stranger (2002)

The Familiar Stranger (2001)

Oasis: Familiar to Millions (2000)

História Familiar (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Ahorro Familiar S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Collection of Familiar Quotations (reference)

• Familiar and Haunting: Collected Stories (reference)

• Familiar Animal Tracks (The Audubon Society Pocket Guides) (reference)

• Familiar Insects and Spiders North America (Audubon Society Pocket Guides) (reference)

• Insects: A Guide to Familiar American Insects (Golden Guide) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Familiar (reference)

• Perspectivas Internacionales En Planificacion Familiar (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Oasis - Familiar to Millions: Live At Wembley (reference)

• Mortal Kombat: Familiar Red (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Bouquet of Familiar Classics (reference)

• Familiar to Millions [LIVE] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Little Christmas - Familiar, Rare & Original Songs Rhymes and Fingerplays for Children (reference)

• Somewhere More Familiar (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Schools of Cow-nosed Rays - Rhinoptera bonasus - are a familiar sight in the Chesapeake Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Portrait of the author - Daniel Schwenter, scholar; a mathematician and linguist familiar with Greek, Latin, Arabic, etc. "Geometriae practicae novae et auctae tractatus I[-IV] ..." by Schwenter, Daniel, 1585-1636. Vol II, page 1. Published posthumously in 1641. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Lactancia Materna...fuente de salud y unión familiar. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Como Comprar : Un gasto familiar bien llevado busca lo bueno, lo básico y lo barato. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Familiar metamorphosis. Credit: Library of Congress.

"All are gone, the old familiar fasces" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress.

This poster urging tool conservation features the "Tokyo Kid," a figure made familiar to the employees of Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, California in many of the plant posters. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Rockjack" fence, type familiar in this region. Wasco County, Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Asturias, octobre 1934-1937. Hoy, como ayer, el Socorro Rojo España cuidar de vuestras familiar. Credit: Library of Congress.

Familiar ghosts. Sketch 1. Ghost of a village lawyer. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This I doubt not, but at first sight will seem a strange doctrine, it being so quite contrary to the practice of the world; there being nothing more familiar in speaking of the dominion of countries, than to say such an one conquered it; as if conquest, without any more ado, conveyed a right of possession. (Second Treatise of Government)

The name "Westminster" is somehow familiar to me. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

As he drew near the town, he took an impression of change from the series of familiar objects that presented themselves

Born a Provencal, he had easily made himself familiar with all the patois of the south

In a glance he noted that every figure of the group was familiar and ran down the steps angrily

The wildest scenes had become unaccountably familiar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

One of the most familiar is allergy. (references)

Make simple meals using familiar, easy-to-prepare recipes. (references)

In other cases, the cells need some help to become familiar with a disease. (references)

Business

Others have been trained by U.S. companies and are familiar with BPM standards. (references)

Private industry people familiar with these projects say only one plant is operational. (references)

Other members have been trained by American companies and are familiar with U.S. standards. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

Another defendant, Mirzakarim Avasov, who denied belonging to Hizb ut-Tahrir, was the younger brother of Hizb ut-Tahrir member Mirzafar Avasov, who had been arrested in January 2000. According to persons familiar with the case, Mirzakarim originally was taken into custody in order to help investigators extract a confession from his older brother. (references)

Economic History

Dominican Rep

Dominicans are often familiar with U.S. pricing practices. (references)

Uk

Advertisers should become familiar with CAP recommendations. (references)

Human Rights

Pakistan

Judges and attorneys must be Muslim and must be familiar with Islamic law. (references)

Bahamas

Some judges have been brought in from abroad; while familiar with English common law, they lack experience regarding Bahamian law and procedures. (references)

Mexico

Aguilar claimed that priests and religious workers working in these areas were familiar with the problem, but that it was difficult to prove these cases if individuals decided to present their complaint to judicial authorities. (references)

Trade

Morocco

Moroccans are not familiar with U.S. measurements and standards such as ounces, Lbs., cups, servings, etc. (references)

Czech Rep

Czech firms are familiar with letters of credit, documentary collections, and wire transfer/cash in advance. (references)

Ireland

Irish importers are familiar with the operation of these levies and will be able to provide U.S. exporters with the current rates. (references)

Travel

Hong Kong

Most people who are familiar with Hong Kong know that Hong Kong means business. (references)

Nigeria

Those not familiar with doing business in Nigeria should not respond to unsolicited offers. (references)

Israel

Israelis are familiar with the fact that most U.S. businesspeople dress more formally for meetings. (references)

Women

Indonesia

Both government officials and NGO leaders familiar with FGM problems believe invasive FGM practices are declining. (references)

Worker Rights

India

NGO's familiar with the legal history of prostitution and trafficking laws regard the failure of the judiciary to recognize this inequity in the law's implementation as a continuing "blind spot." Over the last several years, arrests and prosecutions under the PITA have remained relatively static, while all indications suggest a growing level of trafficking into and within the country. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "familiar": address as familiar ♦ be familiar ♦ be familiar with ♦ be in familiar terms ♦ be too familiar ♦ become familiar ♦ becoming familiar ♦ being familiar ♦ familiar ataxia ♦ familiar environment ♦ familiar form ♦ familiar friendship ♦ familiar quotations ♦ Familiar spirit ♦ Familiar spirits ♦ familiar with ♦ make familiar with ♦ on familiar terms ♦ too familiar. Additional references.

Beginning with "familiar": familiar-looking, familiar-style.

Ending with "familiar": all-too-familiar, half-familiar, now-familiar, once-familiar, over-familiar.

Albanian

shoqëror (communal, folksy, pragmatic, public, social), që e njeh, i zakonshëm (accustomed, common, common or garden, commonplace, consuetudinary, current, customary, daily, day to day, everyday, general, habitual, homely, mundane, natural, normal, ordinary, ready made, regular, routine, second best, standard, usual, vulgar, wonted, workaday), i njohur (accredited, acquainted, celebrated, conversant, famed, household, known, noted, notorious, recognized, renowned, sought after), i familiarizuar (conversant), i ditur (acquainted, cognizant, inevitable, learned, savant, scholar, sciential, versed, well informed, well read, wise), i afërm (adjacent, agnate, allied, connection, connexion, family, fellow creature, folk, kin, kindred, kinsman, neighbor, neighbour, next of kin, related, relation, relative, tribesman). (various references)

Arabic 

‏من يكثر التردد على مكان, ‏متخط الرسميات, ‏معروف (celebrated, famed, famous, far-famed, kindness, known, recognized, renowned, service, well known), ‏مألوف (accustomed, beaten, commonplace, conventional, customary, frequent, habitual, homely, household, ordinary, orthodox, popular, regular, usual, vulgar), ‏حميم (bosom, chummy, close, crony, friendly, intimate, near, special, warm), ‏غير رسمي (casual, informal, off the record, unceremonious, unofficial), ‏عشير (associate, companion), ‏رفيق (associate, billyboy, boy friend, brush, buddy, bully, chum, companion, compatriot, comrade, comradely, consort, escort, fellow, friend, helpmate, lenient, mate, pal, pard, partner, playfellow, stool, vis a vis, yokefellow), ‏رافع للكلفة, ‏شيطان (archenemy, bally, demon, devil, fiend, lucifer, pestilential, pixy, prince of darkness, puckish, satan, serpent), ‏داجن (domestic, domesticated, tame). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свободен (at large, available, disengaged, disposable, easeful, easy, exempt, facile, fetterless, floating, fluent, footloose, free, glib, go-as-you-please, immune, independent, intestate, leisure, loose, neglige, off, open, otiose, quit, spare, tripping, unbending, unbound, unbuttoned, uncommitted, unconstrained, unforced, unreserved, unrestricted, unstudied, untenanted, untrammelled, vacant, void, wide), фамилиарен, обичаен (accustomed, common, consuetudinary, customary, general, habitual, ordinary, regular, stock, usual, wonted), обикновен (accustomed, average, common, commonplace, everyday, frequent, homely, humdrum, low, matter of fact, mere, moderate, mundane, ordinary, plain, quiet, regular, routine, run of the mill, simple, trite, trivial, unaffected, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, wonted), непринуден (affable, artless, childlike, easy, free, go-as-you-please, informal, rustic, simple, spontaneous, unconstrained, unlabored, unlaboured, unpretending, unpretentious, unstarched, unstrained, unstudied, unstuffy), запознат (acquainted), близък (adjacent, akin, allied to, chummy, close, impendent, kindred, near, neighboring, neighbouring, next, nigh, pally, pressing, prospective, sister, solid, sympathetic, thick, toward), познат (acquaintance, contact, known, well known), интимен (downstage, fireside, informal, inner, inofficial, intimate, keyhole, near, pally, personal, private, privy, tete a tete, thick). (various references)

Chinese 

親切 (amiable, close and dear, cordial, friendliness, gracious, hospitality, intimate, kind), 熟悉 (Abreast, Acquaint, Acquainting, familiarisation, familiarise, familiarised, familiarising, Familiarities, Familiarity, Familiarization, Familiarize, Familiarized, Familiarizing, knowingly), 熟 (cooked, done, ripe, skilled), 暱 (cherish, surround, to approach, to carry, to hold, to hug or embrace), 昵 (to approach), 密切 (close, frequent, intimate). (various references)

Czech

povìdomý, obeznámený (acquainted, conversant), dobře známý (notorious), dùvìrný (close, confidential, esoteric, hail-fellow-well-met, home, hush hush, intimate, off the record, private, restricted, sensitive). (various references)

Danish

Friedreich's tabes (familiar ataxia, Friedreich's spinal ataxia, hereditary spinal ataxia 2.Friedreich's disease), Friedreich's ataxi (familiar ataxia, Friedreich's spinal ataxia, hereditary spinal ataxia 2.Friedreich's disease), familiaer progressiv cerebral diplegi (progressive cerebral familiar diplegia), familiær glycinuri (familiar glycinuria, familiar glycinuria de Vries), oeget familiaer incidens (increased familiar incidence), hypotrichosis totalis familiaris hereditaria Pajtas (complete familiar hereditary hypotrichosis PATJAS), hyperostosis facialis symmetrica familiaris (facial symmetrical familiar hyperostosis), hyperostosis corticalis generalisata familiaris (cortical generalized familiar hyperostosis), du (thou, ye, you, you familiar), dit (your, your familiar), de grundlaeggende regler og anvendelsesomraader for automatiskstyret trykluftteknik er langt mindre velundersoegt end dem for digitalstyret elektronikteknik (the basic principles and the possible applications of the technique of pneumatic automation are less familiar than those of electronic digital methods), at vaere saa fuldt fortrolige som muligt med og for at tage hensyn til mulige brugeres krav (to be as fully familiar as possible with the requirements of potential users). (various references)

Dutch

zo nauwkeurig mogelijk de behoeften van de potentiële gebruikers kennen (to be as fully familiar as possible with the requirements of potential users), tabes van Friedreich (familiar ataxia, Friedreich's spinal ataxia, hereditary spinal ataxia 2.Friedreich's disease), syndroom van Buchem (cortical generalized familiar hyperostosis), spinale heredo-ataxie van Friedreich (familiar ataxia, Friedreich's spinal ataxia, hereditary spinal ataxia 2.Friedreich's disease), paralysis cerebrospinalis hereditaria (progressive cerebral familiar diplegia), ataxie van Friedreich (familiar ataxia, Friedreich's spinal ataxia, hereditary spinal ataxia 2.Friedreich's disease), ataxia hereditaria (familiar ataxia, Friedreich's spinal ataxia, hereditary spinal ataxia 2.Friedreich's disease). (various references)

Farsi 

مانوس (Habitue), وارددر, خودی (Insider, Relative), خودمانی (Hailfellow, Hobnob, Homey, Insider, Intimate, Pally, Tame, Unihibit, Unihibited), اشنا (Acquaintance). (various references)

Finnish

tutunomainen, tuttu (acquainted, known, well-known), tuttavallinen (intimate). (various references)

French

familier, familière, collègue. (various references)

German

vertraut (close, companionably, confides, conversant, conversantly, familiarly, intimate, Matey, near, trusts, well known), geläufig (accustomed, common, current, customary, easy, facile, fluent, free, prevalent, smooth, unchecked, used to, usual, voluble, volubly, wonted), familiär (close, familiarly, family, informal, intimate, Matey), gewohnt (accustomed, customary, dwelt, habitual, habitually, used, usual, wont, wonted), vertraute (confidant, confidante, confided, intimate, trusted). (various references)

Greek 

συνήθησ (beaten, customary, habitual, ordinary, stock, unexceptional, usual, wonted, workaday), γνωστός (acquainted with, famous, well known), εξοικειωμένος (familiar with), οικείοσ (intimate). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוכר (known, recognized, salesman, seller, vendor, well known), משפחתי (familial, family, homely, intimate), מקורב (approximate, favourite, proximal), ידוע (certain, famous, known, proverbial, well known), בן בית (close friend), רגיל ל- (accustomed, used). (various references)

Hungarian

meghitt (confidential, cosy, cozy, heart-to-heart, homely, intimate, snug, thick), megszokott (accustomed, common or garden, conventional, general, groovy, habitual, ordinary, recognized, stock, to move in a rut, wont, wonted), közvetlen stílusú, ismert (famous, generally known, known), ismerős (acquaintance), intim (near), fesztelenül bizalmaskodó, családias (homely, shirt-sleeve, shirttail), bizalmas (chummy, colloquial, confidant, confidante, confidential, counsellor, discrete, gossiping, internal, intimate, low down, near, private, shirt-sleeve, shirttail, thick, trusted). (various references)

Italian

familiare (colloquial, domestic, families, family, home, homely, informal, member of a family, natural, normal, relative). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

身近 (close to one, near oneself), 砕け , ファッション雑誌 (fabric, familism, family, family bike, family brand, family car, family computer, family fund, family life cycle, family name, family restaurant, family-size, fanatic, fanaticism, far away, farad, fashion magazine, funny, funny face, Nintendo, video game system), 手近 (handy, near), 慣れた (experienced, practiced), 気安い (easy to access, friendly, relaxed), 心安い (carefree, friendly, intimate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ファミリア , なれた (domesticated, experienced, practiced, tame), きやすい (easy to access, friendly, relaxed), くだけ, こころやすい (carefree, friendly, intimate), みぢか (close to one, near oneself), てぢか (handy, near). (various references)

Korean 

친밀한 (intimate). (various references)

Manx

mooar (big, bold, bold promintary, capacious, chief, commodious, difficult, extensive, extravagant, grand, great, grievous, heavy, hit off, hobnob, intense, intimate, loose-fitting, major, marked, powerful, tall), caarjoil (amiable, amicable, chummy, friendliness). (various references)

Norwegian

fortrolig (intimate), velkjent. (various references)

Pig Latin

amiliarfay.(various references)

Portuguese

familiar (acquainted, close, common, habitual, home, home-grown, homelike, homy, intimate, near, thick), íntimo (acquainted, chummy, confidential, depth, internal, intimate, near, offscreen, secret, thorough, warm). (various references)

Romanian

familiarizat, familiar (colloquial, common, familiarly, home, homelike, intimate, unceremonious, unceremoniously, usual), spiriduş (brownie, elf, elfin, elves, Goblin, hobgoblin, spook, sprite), neceremonios (abrupt, in a family way, informal, off hand), neafectat (unaffected), intim (close, cordial, friendly, heart-to-heart, hearty, home-felt, homelike, in, innermost, internal, intimate, inward, mutual, near, private), cunoscut (acquaintance, acquainted, friend, known, renowned, well known). (various references)

Russian 

фамильярный, осведомленный (advised, aware, conversant, informed, wise), обычный (accustomed, bog-standard, common, common or garden, consuetudinary, conventional, customary, everyday, habitual, natural, normal, ordinary, regular, run-of-the-mail, run-of-the-mill, usual), знакомый (acquaintance, acquainted), близкий (agnate, allied, close, consanguineous, contiguous, crony, imminent, near, nearby, near-by, nigh), интимный (heart-to-heart, intimate). (various references)

Scottish

eòlach (acquainted, knowing, skilled : eòlach air). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

upoznat (acquainted, conversant, informed), dobar poznanik. (various references)

Spanish

fresco (brisk, cheeky, cool, crisp, forward, fresco, fresh, fresh air, green, impudent person, new, recent, sassy, saucebox, saucy, sweet, warm, wet), familiar (chatty, chummy, colloquial, dependant, dependent, family, homely, informal, kin, relation, relative), que presume de amigo, de confianza (informal, reliable, responsible, trustworthy), corriente (accepted, air blast, bread and butter, common, crosscurrent, current, current month, drift, easy, flow, flowing, general, going, juice, normal, nullah, onflow, ordinary, outpour, popular, prevalent, rain, regular, running, staple, stream, swim, tendency, tide, topic, topical, unexceptional), consabido (aforementioned, well known), conocido (acquaint, acquaintance, arrant, excerpt, famed, famous, Ken, known, learned, met, noted, recognized, well-known), comunidad (clanship, common, commune, community, joinder, league), común (common, commonalty, commonplace, communal, community, current, dismal, extensive, generous, indistinctive, joint, mutual, ordinary, prevailing, rife, team, trite, usual, widespread), íntimo (chummy, close, informal, intimate, near, particular, personal, private, thick). (various references)

Swedish

familjär. (various references)

Thai

เพื่อนสนิท (bosom buddy, chum), คุ้นเคย. (various references)

Turkish

laubali (cavalier, informal, offhand, reckless, too familiar, unbuttoned, unceremonious, unconventional), alışık (accustomed, used to), alışılmış (accustomed, consuetudinary, customary, habitual, set, usual, wonted), arkadaş (associate, bedfellow, brother, bud, buddy, chap, chum, companion, compeer, Comrade, consociate, feller, fellow, friend, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, pal, sidekick), bilinen (common, conversant, given, known, proverbial, twice-told), doğal davranışlı, içlidışlı, aşina, koruyucu ruh (familiar spirit), yaygın (broad, common, diffuse, diffusive, endemic, epidemic, epidemical, expansive, extensive, far flung, general, pandemic, pervasive, prevailing, prevalent, regnant, rife, wide, widespread), samimi (candid, childlike, chummy, companionable, cordial, devout, earnest, folksy, forthright, Frank, free, freehearted, friendly, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, intimate, jannock, near, on the square, open armed, openhearted, outspoken, pally, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, truthful, undesigning, unequivocal, warm, whole-hearted), samimi arkadaş, senli benli, tanıdık (acquaintance, contact, contact man, friend, friend at court), teklifsiz (folksy, informal, unbuttoned, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, without circumstance), yakın (adjacent, akin, akin to, approximate, at hand, by, close, close to, close-rage, connate, connected, connection, connexion, contiguous, convenient, handy, hard, hard by, immediate, imminent, inseparable, intimate, near, near at hand, nigh, not far, pending, proximate, relative, thick, within reach, within walking distance), yakın dost, içten (bluff, bona fide, candid, childlike, cordial, deep, deeply, devout, earnest, faithful, forthright, genuine, gut, hail-fellow-well-met, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, ingenuous, internally, inwardly, kindly, open, open armed, openhearted, open-hearted, sincere, sincerely, true, true-hearted, truly, truthful, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned, whole-hearted). (various references)

Turkmen 

tanyю (familiar (person), known, known person). (various references)

Ukrainian

інтимний (inner, intimate), близький друг (brother, intimate), близький (agnate, akin, allied, approximate, congenial, contiguous, intimate, near, nearby, neighbor, neighbour, nigh), поінформований (aware, conversant, enlightened, intelligenced), домочадець. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thuộc gia đình thân thuộc, thân; quen thuộc, suồng sã (flippant), người thân cận, bạn thân (buck, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, shadow), ăn mằm với. (various references)

Welsh

cynefin (accustomed, acquainted, habitat, haunt), cyfarwydd (skilled), cydnabyddus (acquainted), adnabyddus (well-known). (various references)

daemonia, daemoniis, daemonio, daemoniorum, daemonium, domestica, domesticam, domestici, domesticis, domesticorum, domesticos, domesticum, familiarum, nota, notae, notam, notas, noti, notis, noto, notos, notum, notus, trita, tritam, tritus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "familiar": familiarise, familiarised, familiarises, familiarising, familiarities, familiarity, familiarization, familiarizations, familiarize, familiarized, familiarizes, familiarizing, familiarly, familiarness, familiarnesses, familiars. (additional references)

Words ending with "familiar": overfamiliar, ultrafamiliar, unfamiliar. (additional references)

Words containing "familiar": overfamiliarities, overfamiliarity, unfamiliarities, unfamiliarity, unfamiliarly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Familiar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aemilian, Amilcar, Amilcare, danilian, Efamolia, failiar, Famalicao, famiiliar, familar, famile, familer, familia, familiae, familiari, familias, familier, familiere, famililar, familliar, familyer, farmiliar, Femgliah, Feminiad, Fetilia, fimiliar, Flaminian, fomiliar, hamilcar. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: airmail, filaria.

-3 letters: aalii, alarm, filar, flair, frail, laari, lamia, mafia, malar, maria, milia.

-4 letters: afar, alar, alfa, alif, alma, amia, amir, aria, aril, fail, fair, farl, farm, fiar, fila, film, firm, flam, ilia, lair, lama, lari, liar, lima, lira, liri, maar, mail, mair, marl, miri, raia, rail, rami, rial.

-5 letters: aal, ail, aim.

+1 letter: familiars.

+2 letters: familiarly, unfamiliar.

+3 letters: familiarise, familiarity, familiarize.

+4 letters: familiarised, familiarises, familiarized, familiarizes, familiarness, microfilaria, overfamiliar, unfamiliarly.

+5 letters: affirmatively, antiformalist, familiarising, familiarities, familiarizing, foraminiferal, formalization, gallimaufries, informational, interfamilial, materfamilias, microfilariae, microfilarial, paterfamilias, ultrafamiliar, unfamiliarity.