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Familiarity

see synonyms of familiarity

Noun

1. acquaintance, conversance, conversancy, familiarity

personal knowledge or information about someone or something

2. familiarity

usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known

3. closeness, familiarity, intimacy

close or warm friendship

Example Sentences:
'the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy'

4. casualness, familiarity

a casual manner

5. familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty

an act of undue intimacy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Familiarity

see synonyms of familiarity
noun plural -ties
1. 
reasonable knowledge or acquaintance, as with a subject or place
2. 
close acquaintanceship or intimacy
3. 
undue intimacy
4. (sometimes plural)
an instance of unwarranted intimacy

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Familiarity

see synonyms of familiarity
nounWord forms: plural faˌmiliˈarities
1. 
close association; intimacy
2. 
free and intimate behavior; absence of formality and ceremony
3. 
intimacy that is too bold or unwelcome
4. 
a highly intimate act, remark, etc.; often, specif., a caress or other act of sexual intimacy
5. 
close acquaintance (with something)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Familiarity

see synonyms of familiarity
n. pl. fa·mil·iar·i·ties
1.
a. Acquaintance with or knowledge of something: I have little familiarity with that software program.
b. The quality of being known from past experience: The familiarity of the buildings made us realize that we must be near the hotel.
2. Established friendship or intimacy: cooperation that came easily because of the partners' familiarity.
3.
a. Improper or unduly intimate friendliness; forwardness: found the familiarity of the sales clerk offensive.
b. An act characterized by forwardness.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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