Noun: familiarity fu,mi-lee'er-u-tee [N. Amer], fu,mi-lee'a-ru-tee [Brit]
- Usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
"The familiarity of the neighbourhood made him feel at home"
- Personal knowledge or information about someone or something
"His familiarity with ancient languages impressed the scholars";
- acquaintance, conversance, conversancy
- Close or warm friendship
"the absence of fences created a mysterious familiarity in which no one knew privacy";
- intimacy, closeness
- A casual manner
"The familiarity between the old friends was evident in their easy banter";
- casualness
- An act of undue intimacy
"His familiarity with the boss's daughter at the office party was seen as an impropriety";
- impropriety, indecorum, liberty
Derived forms: familiarities
See also: familiar, unfamiliar
Type of: friendliness, informality, information, misbehavior [US], misbehaviour [Brit, Cdn], misdeed, misdoing, usualness
Antonym: strangeness
Encyclopedia: Familiarity