Associations to the word «Familiar»

Wiktionary

FAMILIAR, adjective. Known to one.
FAMILIAR, adjective. Acquainted.
FAMILIAR, adjective. Intimate or friendly.
FAMILIAR, adjective. Inappropriately intimate or friendly.
FAMILIAR, adjective. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
FAMILIAR, noun. (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
FAMILIAR, noun. (obsolete) A close friend.
FAMILIAR, noun. An attendant spirit, often in animal form.

Dictionary definition

FAMILIAR, noun. A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support.
FAMILIAR, noun. A friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms".
FAMILIAR, noun. A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard.
FAMILIAR, adjective. Well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests".
FAMILIAR, 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".
FAMILIAR, 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".
FAMILIAR, adjective. Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne