Antonyms for familiar
fəˈmɪl yərfa·mil·iar

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. familiaradjective

   Known to one.

   There’s a familiar face.

   Antonyms:
   unfamiliar, unknown

2. familiaradjective

   Acquainted.

   I'm not familiar with this system.

   Antonyms:
   unacquainted

   Synonyms:
   acquainted

3. familiaradjective

   Intimate or friendly.

   We are not on familiar terms.

   Antonyms:
   cold, impersonal, unfriendly, distant, cool, standoffish

   Synonyms:
   friendly, personal, close, intimate

4. familiaradjective

   Inappropriately intimate or friendly.

   Don’t be familiar with me, boy!

   Synonyms:
   impudent, fresh, cheeky

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. familiar

   Common signifies frequently occurring, not out of the regular course, not exceptional; hence, not above the average, not excellent or distinguished, inferior, or even low; common also signifies pertaining to or participated in by two or more persons or things; as, sorrow is common to the race. General may signify pertaining equally to all of a class, race, etc., but very commonly signifies pertaining to the greater number, but not necessarily to all. Universal applies to all without exception; general applies to all with possible or comparatively slight exceptions; common applies to very many without deciding whether they are even a majority. A common remark is one we often hear; a general experience is one that comes to the majority of people; a universal experience is one from which no human being is exempt. It is dangerous for a debater to affirm a universal proposition, since that can be negatived by a single exception, while a general statement is not invalidated even by adducing many exceptions. We say a common opinion, common experience, a general rule, general truth, a universal law. Compare synonyms for NORMAL; USUAL.

   Antonyms:
   exceptional, infrequent, rare, singular, uncommon, unknown, unusual

   Synonyms:
   common, commonplace, customary, everyday, frequent, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, popular, prevalent, public, universal, usual

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1. familiar

   Antonyms:
   uncommon, rare, strange, extraordinary, unaccustomed, unacquainted, new, inconversant, unfamiliar

   Synonyms:
   household, common, free, frank, affable, everyday, well-acquainted, accustomed, conversant, intimate

Matched Categories

1. • Friend
   • Servant

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. familiarnoun

   a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support

   Antonyms:
   unknown, uninformed, quaint, other, unacquainted(p), eery, queer, distant, strange, oddish, freaky, unacquainted with(p), rum, fantastic, singular, odd, rummy, weird, fantastical, curious, eerie, antic, funny, gothic, exotic, unfamiliar, peculiar, unusual, grotesque, crazy, unfamiliar with(p), remote

   Synonyms:
   familiar spirit, comrade, fellow, companion, associate

2. companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associatenoun

   a friend who is frequently in the company of another

   "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

   Antonyms:
   weird, fantastical, eery, rum, quaint, crazy, unfamiliar with(p), unusual, gothic, unacquainted(p), freaky, peculiar, fantastic, distant, rummy, oddish, curious, queer, singular, other, strange, grotesque, remote, eerie, unknown, funny, unfamiliar, exotic, unacquainted with(p), uninformed, odd, antic

   Synonyms:
   brother, dude, boyfriend, feller, mate, lad, bloke, associate degree, beau, young man, blighter, gent, confrere, colleague, swain, cuss, fella, fellow traveller, familiar spirit, chap, comrade, fellow, associate, buster, companion, fellow traveler

3. familiar, familiar spiritadjective

   a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard

   Antonyms:
   unacquainted with(p), curious, unknown, freaky, quaint, peculiar, unacquainted(p), uninformed, crazy, strange, fantastical, eery, gothic, unusual, funny, fantastic, singular, weird, queer, eerie, rum, odd, distant, unfamiliar, exotic, unfamiliar with(p), antic, grotesque, other, oddish, rummy, remote

   Synonyms:
   familiar spirit, comrade, fellow, companion, associate

4. familiaradjective

   well known or easily recognized

   "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"

   Antonyms:
   quaint, odd, unusual, rummy, queer, rum, eery, gothic, singular, eerie, grotesque, unacquainted with(p), funny, fantastic, peculiar, curious, other, unfamiliar with(p), oddish, uninformed, exotic, antic, crazy, weird, distant, unfamiliar, unknown, remote, strange, freaky, fantastical, unacquainted(p)

   Synonyms:
   intimate, familiar(p), conversant(p)

5. familiaradjective

   within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange

   "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"

   Antonyms:
   oddish, eery, strange, remote, fantastic, quaint, gothic, fantastical, unacquainted with(p), grotesque, distant, unacquainted(p), unfamiliar, uninformed, rum, rummy, odd, queer, singular, peculiar, weird, curious, exotic, other, antic, unusual, unknown, freaky, eerie, funny, crazy, unfamiliar with(p)

   Synonyms:
   intimate, familiar(p), conversant(p)

6. conversant(p), familiar(p)adjective

   (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly

   "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads"

   Antonyms:
   freaky, quaint, unusual, unfamiliar, curious, rummy, unfamiliar with(p), unacquainted with(p), other, queer, exotic, fantastical, oddish, distant, gothic, weird, eery, odd, unknown, fantastic, strange, peculiar, uninformed, antic, rum, funny, remote, unacquainted(p), crazy, eerie, grotesque, singular

7. familiar, intimateadjective

   having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship

   "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"

   Antonyms:
   antic, queer, fantastical, rum, unacquainted with(p), rummy, unusual, unknown, other, quaint, grotesque, freaky, distant, strange, oddish, unacquainted(p), exotic, eerie, eery, curious, funny, fantastic, uninformed, remote, crazy, odd, singular, unfamiliar with(p), peculiar, gothic, weird, unfamiliar

   Synonyms:
   internal, familiar(p), conversant(p), cozy, informal, knowledgeable, intimate, versed, sexual, inner

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1. familiaradjective

   Antonyms:
   unfamiliar, shy, ceremonious, distant

   Synonyms:
   intimate, close, cordial, near, friendly, bosom, informal, unreserved, unconstrained, easy, unceremonious, conversant, well-known

How to use familiar in a sentence?

1. David Ionovich Bronstein:

   There is not a single true chess player in the world whose heart does not beat faster at the mere sound of such long beloved and familiar words as gambit games.

2. David Payne:

   The Ted Cruz campaign said in response to Manafort's comments : The Cruz campaign's no surprise that Trump's team will lash out with falsehoods when facing a loss to distract from their failure. … We have earned our success by working hard to build a superior organization and are working within the process and rules. Anticipating a fight for every delegate, Ted Cruz was campaigning Monday in California, which holds a delegate-rich primary on June 7. David Payne, a Republican strategist and Vox Global partner, suggested on Monday that Cruz’s efforts to win delegate support will be indispensable if Donald Trump fails to get to 1,237 delegates -- as the candidates would have to compete for them during balloting at an open convention in July. Ted Cruz will be on familiar turf, consider that Ted Cruz is likely to win a handful of the remaining winner-take-all states … coupled with proportional delegate wins for Ted Cruz and Ted Cruz and John Kasich, this makes it mathematically difficult for Donald Trump to win the nomination according to the current convention rules.

3. Attorney General Bill Barr:

   We had just gone through an exercise two years earlier in St. Croix, so I was very familiar with how to use regular Army in a domestic situation.

4. Mike Binder:

   I hear these two voices that sound so familiar by the door, I think,' That sounds like Chris Rock. That sounds like Jim Carrey.' I had no idea they were gon na be there, and everybody just walked on stage, and it just took off from there.

5. Bryan Fuller:

   We had been telling the story of Hannibal Lecter, foreigner in America, so far, and now we transition the story, he's returning to more familiar settings to lick his wounds. It allows us to explore the emotional bandwidth of his character and see him pining for his friend Will.

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