familiar

adjective

1 I see a lot of familiar faces | a familiar task:

well known, known, recognized, accustomed;

common, everyday, day-to-day, ordinary, commonplace, frequent, habitual, usual, customary, repeated, routine, standard, stock, mundane, run-of-the-mill, conventional;

household, domestic;

British common or garden;

North American garden variety;

informal bog-standard;

literary wonted.

▷antonyms unfamiliar.

2 she was an old and familiar friend:

close, intimate, dear, near, confidential, bosom;

friendly, neighborly, sociable, amicable, easy;

informal pally, chummy, matey, buddy-buddy, palsy-walsy, thick, thick as thieves.

3 he enjoyed the familiar atmosphere in their house:

informal, nonformal, casual, relaxed, comfortable, easy, free, free and easy, at ease, at home, friendly, unceremonious, unrestrained, unconstrained, unreserved, open, natural, simple, unpretentious.

▷antonyms formal.

4 they object to him being familiar with the staff:

overfamiliar, unduly familiar, over-free, presumptuous, disrespectful, forward, bold, impudent, impertinent, intrusive;

making passes at, chatting up, making advances toward;

informal pushy.

▷antonyms formal.

□ familiar with

are you familiar with the subject?:

acquainted with, conversant with, versed in, informed about, knowledgeable about, well informed about, instructed in, skilled in, proficient in;

at home with, no stranger to, au fait with, au courant with, apprised of, abreast of, up to date with, in touch with;

informal well up on, in the know about, genned up on, clued in on, clued up on, plugged into;

British, informal switched on to;

archaic ware of.

▷antonyms unfamiliar with.