familiar
Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
Adjective 4 meanings
Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
“There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.”
Acquainted.
“I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.”
Intimate or friendly.
“We are on familiar terms now; our neighbour is not familiar”
Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
Noun 2 meanings
An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
“The witch’s familiar was a black cat.”
A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
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.
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FAMILIAR at a glance
FAMILIAR has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + M 3 + I 1 + L 1 + I 1 + A 1 + R 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,387 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with familiar
All rhymes- LIAR4
- PECULIAR12
- UNFAMILIAR15
- CAVIAR11
- FRIAR8
- BRIAR7
- FOLIAR9
- CONCILIAR13
- GREENBRIAR13
- JUSTICIAR18
- SWEETBRIAR15
- FIAR7
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