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familiar   (TTS Sound)

The noun familiar has 3 senses

• familiar -- (a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support)


• companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate -- (a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms")


• familiar, familiar spirit -- (a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard)

The adj familiar has 4 senses

• familiar -- (well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests")


• 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")


• 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")


• familiar, intimate -- (having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders")