familiar
Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
Example
“There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.”
Other meanings
Intimate or friendly.
“We are on familiar terms now; our neighbour is not familiar”
Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
Related words
- confamiliar
- familiarisation
- familiarise
- familiarism
- familiarization
- familiarize
- familiarness
- hyperfamiliar
- nonfamiliar
- semifamiliar
- ultrafamiliar
- overfamiliar
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "familiāris" (pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “familiar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.