familiaritynoun [ U ]
uk/fəˌmɪl.iˈær.ə.ti/us/fəˌmɪl.iˈer.ə.t̬i/familiarity noun [ U ] (KNOWLEDGE)
a good knowledge of something, or the fact that you know it so well:
Ellen's familiarity with pop music is astonishing.
I love the familiarity of my old chair.
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Knowledge and awareness
- abroad
- acquaintance
- as every schoolboy/schoolchild knows idiom
- at/in the back of your mind idiom
- awareness
- be ahead of the game idiom
- consciousness
- firsthand
- general knowledge
- given
- grounding
- have a nodding acquaintance with sb/sth idiom
- have a passing/slight/nodding acquaintance with sth idiom
- literacy
- loop
- perception
- perceptual
- reflexivity
- schoolboy
- secret
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familiarity noun [ U ] (FRIENDLINESS)
friendly and informal behaviour:
His excessive familiarity offended her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Friendly
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- amity
- approachable
- closeness
- comrade
- family-friendly
- first name
- forthcoming
- fraternal
- fraternity
- Freemasonry
- matey
- neighbourly
- nice
- nicely
- outgoing
- thaw
- tête-à-tête
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Idiom(s)
familiarity breeds contempt