| familiar | | |
| n. (person) | 1. familiar | a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support. |
| ~ servant, retainer | a person working in the service of another (especially in the household). |
| n. (person) | 2. associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow | a friend who is frequently in the company of another.; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" |
| ~ date, escort | a participant in a date.; "his date never stopped talking" |
| ~ friend | a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.; "he was my best friend at the university" |
| ~ playfellow, playmate | a companion at play. |
| ~ tovarich, tovarisch | a comrade (especially in Russian communism). |
| n. (person) | 3. familiar, familiar spirit | a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard. |
| ~ disembodied spirit, spirit | any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings. |
| adj. | 4. familiar | well known or easily recognized.; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests" |
| ~ acquainted | having fair knowledge of.; "they were acquainted"; "fully acquainted with the facts" |
| ~ beaten | much trodden and worn smooth or bare.; "did not stray from the beaten path" |
| ~ long-familiar, well-known | frequently experienced; known closely or intimately.; "a long-familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears" |
| ~ old | (used for emphasis) very familiar.; "good old boy"; "same old story" |
| ~ known | apprehended with certainty.; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal" |
| adj. | 5. familiar | 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" |
| ~ usual, common | commonly encountered.; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" |
| ~ common or garden | the usual or familiar type.; "it is a common or garden sparrow" |
| ~ everyday | commonplace and ordinary.; "the familiar everyday world" |
| adj. | 6. conversant, familiar | (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" |
| ~ informed | having much knowledge or education.; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" |
| adj. | 7. familiar, intimate | having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship.; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" |
| ~ close | close in relevance or relationship.; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" |
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