familiar

Meaning

Adj

1. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
2. Acquainted.
3. Intimate or friendly.
4. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.

Noun

1. An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
2. (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
3. A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
4. (obsolete) A close friend.
5. (historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.

Synonyms

intimate

known

friendly

close

well-known

common

ordinary

acquainted

familiar spirit

unceremonious

vocative

informal

accustomed

amiable

companion

cordial

conversant

knowing

off-handed

habitual

comrade

beaten

forward

acquaintance

snug

associate

be known

folksy

fellow

casual

recognized

near

kind

domestic

home-made

customary

easy

cozy

gracious

counter

contact

boon

avuncular

general

commonplace

at ease

affable

genie

🧞

friendliness

close together

Translations

familier

familiar

familiare

👪

vertraut

familiar

οικείος

familiär

vertrouwd

γνώριμος

bekend

γνωστός

familiar

familière

connu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈmɪl.i.ə/

Etymology

From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). By surface analysis, family + -ar. Piecewise doublet of familial. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþ.