Definitions for familiar

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familiar fa·mil·iar

Spelling: [fuh-mil-yer]

IPA: /fəˈmɪl yər/

Familiar is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 173 anagrams from letters in familiar (aafiilmr).

Definitions for familiar

noun

1. a familiar friend or associate.
2. Also called familiar spirit. Witchcraft and Demonology. a supernatural spirit or demon, often in the form of an animal, supposed to serve and aid a witch or other individual.
3. Roman Catholic Church. an officer of the Inquisition, employed to arrest accused or suspected persons. a person who belongs to the household of the pope or of a bishop, rendering domestic though not menial service.

adjective

1. commonly or generally known or seen:
2. well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant:
3. informal; easygoing; unceremonious; unconstrained:
4. closely intimate or personal:
5. unduly intimate; too personal; taking liberties; presuming:
6. domesticated; tame.
7. of or relating to a family or household.

Origin of familiar

1300-50; Middle English Latin familiāris of a household (see family, -ar¹); replacing Middle English famulier Middle French Latin,

Examples for familiar

When ‘Downton Abbey’ returns Sunday night, its fashion fans are in for a familiar treat.

Mr. Gladstone knew what books he had and was familiar with their contents.

More than bawdy, though, The Ball adds a familiar unpretentiousness to trendy locales like Tao, Lavo, The Park, and Dream Hotel.

His frank, familiar manner made him a favorite on shipboard.

The tune was familiar to her in happier days, and she listened to it with tears.

But Kent will not let us off the familiar horror hook so easily.

In the midst of the clubbiness, there is a heimishe (Yiddish for familiar, old school) quality.

New York—and Brooklyn in particular—was familiar turf for Brinsley.

His name, once the most familiar, was forgotten in the list of American bards.

"Listen, Dick," said he, using the familiar name for the first time.