familiar

Definition

  • noun: a member of the household of a high official
  • adjective: frequently seen, heard, or experienced
  • adjective: closely acquainted
  • often + 'to'
  • synonyms: intimate, bohemian, abreast

Examples

  • He looked 'familiar' [=he looked like someone I had seen before] but I couldn't remember his name.

  • Locals refer to the Maple Leaf restaurant 'familiarly' [='informally'] as ‘The Leaf.’

  • We are 'familiar with' the situation. [=we know about the situation]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) There is a methodology to what I do. There is a reason why it works. Coke and IBM have been doing this for years, all right. Are you familiar with them? Now just like anything else, you know, it's gonna take a few months of sort of transition and then everybody is gonna settle in. (..)
    2009 Up in the Air