adjective. Often encountered or seen: synonym: common.

adjective. Having fair knowledge; acquainted.

adjective. Of established friendship; intimate.

adjective. Natural and unstudied; informal.

adjective. Taking undue liberties; presumptuous.

adjective. Familial.

adjective. Domesticated; tame. Used of animals.

noun. A close friend or associate.

noun. An attendant spirit, often taking animal form.

noun. One who performs domestic service in the household of a high official.

noun. A person who frequents a place.

Pertaining to a family; domestic.

Having, or springing from, intimate and friendly social relations; closely intimate: as, a familiar friend; familiar companionship; to be on familiar terms with one.

Having a friendly aspect or manner; exhibiting the manner of an intimate friend; affable; not formal or distant; especially, using undue familiarity; intrusive; forward.

Characterized by ease or absence of stiffness or pedantry; unconstrained.

Having an intimate knowledge; well knowing; well acquainted; well versed (in a subject of study): as, he is familiar with the works of Horace.

Well known from frequent observation, use, etc.; well understood.

Synonyms Close, intimate, amicable, fraternal, near.

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noun. A familiar friend; an intimate; a close companion; one long acquainted; one accustomed to another by free, unreserved converse.

noun. A familiar spirit; a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call. See familiar spirit, under I.

noun. In the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the household of the pope or of a bishop, supported at his expense, and rendering him domestic, though not menial service. The familiar must live in the diocese of his superior.

noun. An officer of the Tribunal of the Inquisition who arrested persons accused or suspected. See inquisition.

noun. An intimate; a companion.

noun. An attendant demon or evil spirit.

noun. A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.

adjective. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

adjective. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study.

adjective. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.

adjective. Well known; well understood; common; frequent.

adjective. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.

adjective. a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call.

adjective. Known to one.

adjective. Acquainted.

adjective. Intimate or friendly.

adjective. Inappropriately intimate or friendly.

adjective. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.

noun. A member of one's family or household.

noun. A close friend.

noun. An attendant spirit often in animal form.

adjective. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship

adjective. (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly

adjective. well known or easily recognized

noun. a friend who is frequently in the company of another

noun. a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard

adjective. within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange

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

"Walker first became a name familiar to the public when she starred in the TV series Profiler."

unfamiliar  unknown  

aware  common  domestic  familiar spirit  

acquainted  beaten  close  common  common or garden  

English words derived from: familiar  familiarity  overfamiliar  

disembodied spirit  retainer  servant  spirit  

unfamiliar  

common  new  pleasant  

Bohemian  abreast  accepted  accessible  accustomed