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Synonyms for familiarity
fəˌmɪl iˈær ɪ ti, -mɪlˈyær-fa·mil·iar·i·ty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
familiarity
Acquaintance between persons supposes that each knows the other; we may know a public man by his writings or speeches, and by sight, but can not claim acquaintance unless he personally knows us. There may be pleasant acquaintance with little companionship; and conversely, much companionship with little acquaintance, as between busy clerks at adjoining desks. So there may be association in business without intimacy or friendship. Acquaintance admits of many degrees, from a slight or passing to a familiar or intimate acquaintance; but acquaintance unmodified commonly signifies less than familiarity or intimacy. As regards persons, familiarity is becoming restricted to the undesirable sense, as in the proverb, "Familiarity breeds contempt;" hence, in personal relations, the word intimacy, which refers to mutual knowledge of thought and feeling, is now uniformly preferred. Friendship includes acquaintance with some degree of intimacy, and ordinarily companionship, though in a wider sense friendship may exist between those who have never met, but know each other only by word and deed. Acquaintance does not involve friendship, for one may be well acquainted with an enemy. Fellowship involves not merely acquaintance and companionship, but sympathy as well. There may be much friendship without much fellowship, as between those whose homes or pursuits are far apart. There may be pleasant fellowship which does not reach the fulness of friendship. Compare ATTACHMENT; FRIENDSHIP; LOVE. As regards studies, pursuits, etc., acquaintance is less than familiarity, which supposes minute knowledge of particulars, arising often from long experience or association.
Synonyms:
acquaintance, association, companionship, experience, fellowship, friendship, intimacy, knowledgeAntonyms:
ignorance, ignoring, inexperience, unfamiliarityPreposition:
Acquaintance with a subject; of one person with another; between persons.
Princeton's WordNet
acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancynoun
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Synonyms:
intimacy, liberty, casualness, conversancy, closeness, friend, indecorum, impropriety, acquaintance, conversance, acquaintanceshipAntonyms:
strangeness, unfamiliarityfamiliaritynoun
usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
Synonyms:
intimacy, casualness, conversancy, closeness, liberty, indecorum, impropriety, acquaintance, conversanceAntonyms:
unfamiliarity, strangenessfamiliarity, intimacy, closenessnoun
close or warm friendship
"the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
Synonyms:
conversance, affaire, conversancy, parsimoniousness, amour, impropriety, casualness, meanness, liberty, niggardliness, liaison, closeness, nearness, affair, involvement, acquaintance, tightfistedness, secretiveness, minginess, stuffiness, tightness, intimacy, indecorum, niggardness, parsimonyAntonyms:
unfamiliarity, strangenesscasualness, familiaritynoun
a casual manner
Synonyms:
intimacy, casualness, conversancy, closeness, liberty, indecorum, impropriety, acquaintance, conversanceAntonyms:
strangeness, unfamiliarityfamiliarity, impropriety, indecorum, libertynoun
an act of undue intimacy
Synonyms:
intimacy, indecency, autonomy, casualness, conversancy, closeness, indecorousness, liberty, indecorum, impropriety, acquaintance, shore leave, conversance, impropernessAntonyms:
unfamiliarity, strangeness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
familiaritynoun
Synonyms:
acquaintance, familiar knowledgefamiliaritynoun
Synonyms:
intimacy, fellowship, friendship, friendliness, intercourse, good understanding
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
familiaritynoun
Synonyms:
intimacy, conversance, acquaintance, informality, freedom, unconstraint, disrespect, unreserveAntonyms:
unfamiliarity, strangeness
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List of paraphrases for "familiarity":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#503 | friend | |
#566 | experience | |
#726 | association | |
#897 | knowledge | |
#4169 | liberty | |
#4523 | involvement | |
#6595 | friendship | |
#6850 | fellowship | |
#9420 | affair | |
#10032 | liaison | |
#13990 | autonomy | |
#18908 | familiarity | |
#20144 | intimacy | |
#22090 | amour | |
#22164 | acquaintance | |
#34551 | companionship | |
#39155 | closeness | |
#40994 | tightness | |
#56679 | indecency | |
#66317 | impropriety | |
#70151 | parsimony | |
#76480 | affaire | |
#78566 | nearness | |
#80119 | familiarization | |
#99321 | meanness | |
#117968 | familiarisation | |
#185823 | stuffiness | |
#238685 | casualness | |
#290097 | acquaintanceship | |
#326183 | secretiveness |
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It’s not just about throwing a rutabaga stick at a kid and saying, try this, it’s more about familiarity, what does rutabaga look like, smell like, feel like.
As a lot of people know, new events that first year can be difficult because you don't have that familiarity, but we are going to do everything we can to make sure we knock it out of the park and keep it in Miami.
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
The summer is built around familiarity, many cultural critics who shape awareness for films are obsessed with sequels and derivative material. They wildly crave it. That kind of environment is hostile to originality. It only makes space for derivative material and rejects originality. I think Warner Bros. was uncomfortable with that environment.
To pinpoint the kind of familiarity... the typeface should evoke, we also looked at pictures of old armchairs, in chair terms, we were going for a practical interpretation of a beautiful family heirloom ; durable upholstery, nothing overtly plushy or nostalgic.
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