familiar

1. 1

   Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.

   • There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.
2. 2

   Acquainted.

   • I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.
3. 3

   Intimate or friendly.

   • We are on familiar terms now; our neighbour is not familiar
   • Don’t be familiar with me, boy!
4. 4

   Of or pertaining to a family; familial.

   • 1822, Lord Byron, Werner familiar feuds

syn. accustomed · familiar · habitual · known · predictable · routine · wonted · wontish

ant. ignorant · unfamiliar · unknown · unacquainted · cold · cool · distant · impersonal

1. 1

   An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.

   • The witch’s familiar was a black cat.
2. 2

   A member of one's family or household.obsolete

3. 3

   A member of a pope's or bishop's household.

4. 4

   A close friend.obsolete

   • [A] friend of mine, that finding a Receipt in Braſsivola, would needs take Hellebor in ſubſtance, & try it on his own perſon; but had not ſome of his familiars come to viſite him by chance, he had by his indiſcretion hazarded himſelfe; many
5. 5

   The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.historical

syn. nigget