familiarity
noun
Simple meaning
Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
fuhmihlyehruhteeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
fəmɪlˈjɛɹəti
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.
Personal knowledge or information about someone or something
An act of undue intimacy
Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence.
The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.
An instance of familiar behaviour.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.
Used this way, familiarity is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use familiarity
- “Her familiarity with the city helped us navigate the busy streets easily.”noun
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Antonyms
Sense: close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something
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