familiar

The word “familiar” has 3 syllables: fa-mil-iar

It's pronounced as /fəˈmɪl.jər/

What is synonym and antonym for familiar?

In the thesaurus, “familiar” has 295 synonyms and 85 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for familiar along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for familiar

a dime a dozen
abetter
abettor
abreast
accomplice
accustomed
acquaintance
acquainted
addict
adoring
affable
affectionate
afficionado
aficionado
alive
ally
alter ego
amicable
amigo
apprised
arrogant
associate
at home
at home with
au courant
au fait
audacious
aware
benefactor
blood brother
boastful
bold
bold-faced
boon
bosom
braggart
bragging
brash
brassbound
brassy
brazen
brother
buddy
buddy-buddy
buff
bug
bumptious
cavalier
ceaseless
cheeky
chum
chummy
clannish
client
close
close-knit
cocky
cognizant
cohort
collaborator
colleague
comfortable
common
common or garden
commonplace
compadre
companion
companionable
complacent
comrade
conceited
confederate
confidant
confidante
confident
confidential
conscious
constant
continual
continuous
conventional
conversant
convivial
cordial
cozy
crony
customary
customer
de rigueur
dear
denizen
devoted
devotee
disdainful
domestic
domineering
easy
egoistic
egoistical
egomaniacal
egotistic
egotistical
endemic
enthusiast
especial
everyday
fan
fanatic
fancier
fellow
fiend
fond
forward
freak
free
free-and-easy
frequent
frequenter
fresh
friend
friendly
garden variety
garden-variety
general
genial
gracious
gregarious
grounded
guest
habitual
habitue
haughty
haunter
hearty
heedful
hifalutin
high-and-mighty
high-handed
high-hat
highfalutin
hobnobber
hoity-toity
homespun
household
humble
immodest
imperious
impertinent
important
impudent
in on
in the know
incessant
informal
informed
inseparable
insolent
intimate
introduced
intrusive
inward
kept posted
knowledgeable
known
lordly
lover
loving
main man
mandatory
maniac
mate
matter-of-fact
mindful
mundane
musketeer
native
natural
near
neighborly
nervy
no stranger to
normal
nut
obligatory
obtrusive
officious
old hat
open
ordinary
overbold
overfamiliar
overweening
pal
palsy
palsy-walsy
partner
patron
peer
pen pal
perennial
pert
plain
plugged in
pompous
popular
presuming
presumptuous
pretentious
prevailing
prevalent
prideful
prosaic
proud
proverbial
quotidian
rampant
rat
recognizable
recurrent
regular
relaxed
repeated
routine
sassy
saucy
savvy
secretive
self-absorbed
self-asserting
self-assertive
self-assured
self-centered
self-complacent
self-conceited
self-concerned
self-confident
self-engrossed
self-important
self-infatuated
self-interested
self-involved
self-obsessed
self-satisfied
self-seeking
selfish
sensible
sentient
simple
sister
smart
smug
snobbish
snug
sociable
social
sport
standard
stock
stuck-up
supercilious
superior
supporter
sure
sympathizer
tender
tenderhearted
thick
tight
tight-knit
tuned-in
ubiquitous
unceasing
unceremonious
unconstrained
universal
unreserved
unsophisticated
up
up on
up-to-date
uppity
usual
vain
vainglorious
versant
versed
versed in
warm
well up in
well-informed
well-wisher
wise
with it
wonted
workaday

Antonyms for familiar

aberrant
abnormal
adversary
alien
aloof
antagonist
antisocial
archenemy
bashful
blind
business
cold
competitor
cool
demure
detached
different
diffident
distant
down-to-earth
enemy
extraordinary
foe
foreign
frosty
humble
ignorant
inattentive
industrial
infrequent
insensible
intermittent
irregular
loose
lowly
meek
modest
mousey
mousy
nemesis
new
oblivious
occasional
opponent
original
rare
remote
reserved
retiring
rival
seldom
self-doubting
shy
sporadic
standoffish
strange
stupid
timid
timorous
unacquainted
unapproachable
unassertive
unassuming
unaware
uncomfortable
uncommon
unconscious
undistinguished
unfamiliar
unfriendly
unhappy
unheeding
uninformed
unintelligent
unknowing
unknowledgeable
unknown
unmindful
unnatural
unpretentious
unremarkable
unsociable
unusual
unwitting
withdrawn

Meanings of familiar

noun
1. An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
2. A member of one's family or household.
3. A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
4. A close friend.
5. The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.
adjective
1. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
2. Acquainted.
3. Intimate or friendly.
4. Inappropriately intimate or friendly.
5. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.

Example Sentences

The landscape looked strangely familiar, even though I had never been here before.
She had a familiar feeling as she walked through her old neighborhood.
The professor's teaching style was familiar to the students from previous courses.
His voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't place where she had heard it before.
The familiar aroma of cookies baking in the oven reminded her of her childhood.

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