familiar

adj

1. known, well-known, common, frequent, repeated; habitual, accustomed, customary, wonted, traditional, conventional; usual, ordinary, everyday, commonplace, trite, stock, cliche1, hackneyed.

2.Usu. familiar with

conversant with, acquainted with, instructed in, knowledgeable in, versed in; apprised of, informed of, privy to, in on; aware of, alive to, conscious of, cognizant of.

3. informal, unceremonious, natural, casual, simple; unconstrained, free, open, unreserved; easy, free-and-easy, relaxed, comfortable, at ease, at home.

4. intimate, close, Scot. pack, dear, confidential, bosom; clubby, chummy, hob-and-nob, hand and glove, Inf. thick, Inf. thick as thieves, Sl. buddy-buddy, Sl. palsy-walsy; friendly, neighborly, amicable, sociable.

5. overfamiliar, disrespectful, taking liberties; forward, intrusive, presumptuous; bold, impudent, saucy.

6. domesticated, acclimatized, broken, tame; house-broken; domestic, familial, household; docile, tractable, gentle, meek.

n

7. close friend, Achates, sidekick, constant companion, shadow, alter ego, other self, Scot, and North Eng. marrow; comrade, Obs. copemate, chum, crony, U.S. Inf. buddy, Inf. pal; confidant, Inf. bosom buddy, roommate, bunkmate, Sl. bunkie; lover, soulmate, bedfellow, intimate, Fr. intime.

8. colleague, confrere, associate, consociate, cohort, compeer, peer, mate; teammate, co-worker, fellow worker, Sl. benchie, Sl. benchmate.