familiar

/fəˈmɪl.jɚ/

adjectivenounfa · mil · iar

Think: “I’m FAM with it” → FAM-IL-IAR means something you know well.

Yes, it's familiar. Don’t swap the middle letters: it’s fam + il + iar (…MIL… in the middle).

Definitions

  1. adjectivewell known from long or frequent experience; easily recognized
  2. adjectivefriendly and informal in a way that may seem too casual
  3. nouna close friend or companion (less common usage)

Examples

  • Her voice sounded familiar, but I couldn’t remember where we met.
  • After a few weeks at the new school, the hallways became familiar.
  • He was a little too familiar with the customers, which made some people uncomfortable.

Synonyms

well-knownrecognizableacquaintedcommonfriendly

Antonyms

unfamiliarstrangeunknown

Translations

ES familiarPT familiarFR familier

Common misspellings

familarfammiliarfamiliarrrfamilierfamilliarfamiliiar

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