familiar

1. Well known or easily recognized (synset 300968795)
   "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"
   also: known - apprehended with certainty
   tells us about: familiarity - usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
   similar to:

   • acquainted - having fair knowledge of
   • beaten - much trodden and worn smooth or bare
   • long-familiar, well-known - frequently experienced; known closely or intimately
   • old - (used for emphasis) very familiar
2. Within normal everyday experience;
   Common and ordinary;
   Not strange (synset 300973438)
   "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"
   similar to:

   • common, usual - commonly encountered
   • garden - the usual or familiar type
   • everyday - commonplace and ordinary
3. (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly (synset 301310022)
   "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads"
   similar to: informed - having much knowledge or education
   same as: conversant
4. Having mutual interests or affections;
   Of established friendship (synset 300455086)
   "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
   similar to: close - close in relevance or relationship
   same as: intimate

1. A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support (synset 110096886)
   is a type of: retainer, servant - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
2. A friend who is frequently in the company of another (synset 109965384)
   "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
   is a type of: friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
   subtypes:

   • date, escort - a participant in a date
   • playfellow, playmate - a companion at play
   • tovarich, tovarisch - a comrade (especially in Russian communism)
   same as: associate, companion, comrade, fellow
3. A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard (synset 109568300)
   is a type of: disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
   same as: familiar spirit

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