Dictionary › F › familiarity

familiarity

5 syllables
noun
Quick answer

As a noun, familiarity means the state of being extremely friendly.

Meanings of familiarity

8 meanings

noun

  1. The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.

  2. Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence.

  3. An instance of familiar behaviour.

  4. Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.

  5. Personal knowledge or information about someone or something

    Similar: acquaintance, conversance, conversancy

  6. Usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known

  7. Close or warm friendship

    “the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy”

    Similar: intimacy, closeness

  8. A casual manner

    Similar: casualness

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for familiarity →
noun: personal knowledge or information about someone or something
acquaintanceconversanceconversancy
noun: close or warm friendship
intimacycloseness
noun: a casual manner
casualness
noun: an act of undue intimacy
improprietyindecorumliberty
Oppositesunfamiliarity

Words that rhyme with familiarity

All rhymes →
prosperityclaritypopularitysinceritysolidarityraritysimilarityverityposteritysingularitypolaritydexterityregularitydisparityirregularitycelerity

For word games

f4
a1
m3
i1
l1
i1
a1
r1
i1
t1
y4
Scrabble & Words With Friends: valid word19 points before bonuses.11 letters.
Unscramble these letters

Nearby words

falterfalteringfamefamedfamilialfamiliarfamiliarizefamiliarlyfamilyfaminefamishfamished