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over-friendly, overfree, overfamiliar, bold, forward, insolent,<br />

impudent, presumptuous, presuming, disrespectful, unreserved,<br />

unrestrained; informal, casual, cordial, unceremonious; Colloq<br />

chummy, Slang US and Canadian buddy-buddy, palsy-walsy: She<br />

began to get entirely too familiar. 4 familiar with. aware or<br />

conscious or cognizant <strong>of</strong>, knowledgeable about or <strong>of</strong> or in,<br />

conversant or acquainted with, no stranger to, on speaking terms<br />

with, up on or in, (well-)versed in, informed <strong>of</strong> or about, privy<br />

to, in the know about, au courant, au fait: Are you familiar<br />

with the latest theories in particle physics?<br />

familiarity<br />

n. 1 knowledge, acquaintance(ship), grasp, understanding,<br />

comprehension, cognizance, awareness, conversance, experience:<br />

I have no familiarity at all with particle physics. 2<br />

friendliness, affability, sociability, neighbourliness,<br />

fellowship, intimacy, intimateness, closeness, openness,<br />

naturalness, ease, informality, unceremoniousness: He prided<br />

himself on his familiarity with celebrities. 3 boldness,<br />

presumptuousness, overfamiliarity, presumption, impudence,<br />

insolence, impertinence, impropriety: He put his arm round her<br />

waist with <strong>of</strong>fensive familiarity.<br />

familiarize<br />

v. Usually, familiarize with. accustom (to), make familiar or<br />

acquaint (with), initiate (in), inform (about or on), enlighten<br />

(about or as to), teach (about), educate or instruct or tutor<br />

(in): I am trying to familiarize myself with the music <strong>of</strong> John<br />

Cage.<br />

family n. 1 (kith and) kin, kinsmen, kindred, kinsfolk or US and<br />

Canadian kinfolk, next <strong>of</strong> kin, relatives, relations, household,<br />

people, one's own flesh and blood, one's nearest and dearest,<br />

m‚nage, Colloq folks: We usually spend the holidays with my<br />

family. 2 children, <strong>of</strong>fspring, progeny, issue, brood, Colloq<br />

kids: Large families were much more common in the 19th century.<br />

3 ancestors, forebears, forefathers, progenitors; ancestry,<br />

parentage, descent, extraction, derivation, lineage, pedigree,<br />

genealogy, family tree, house, line, bloodline, dynasty; blood,<br />

stock, strain: He came from an old family <strong>of</strong> German bankers. 4<br />

group, set, division, subdivision, classification, type, kind,<br />

class, genre, order, species, genus: English belongs to the<br />

Indo-European family <strong>of</strong> languages.

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