Familiar(a.) Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.
Familiar(a.) Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.
Familiar(a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.
Familiar(a.) Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.
Familiar(a.) Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.
Familiar(n.) An intimate; a companion.
Familiar(n.) An attendant demon or evil spirit.
Familiar(n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.
Familiarities(pl. ) of Familiarity
Familiarity(n.) The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.
Familiarity(n.) Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.
Familiarization(n.) The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.
Familiarize(v. t.) To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress.
Familiarize(v. t.) To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.
Familiarized(imp. & p. p.) of Familiarize
Familiarizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Familiarize
Familiarly(adv.) In a familiar manner.
Familiarness(n.) Familiarity.

Words within familiarness