familiarity

Noun

Meaning

The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.

Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

acquaintance intimacy closeness liberty knowledge experience understanding ease mastery fellowship friendliness impropriety awareness casualness indecorum
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Antonyms

unfamiliarity distance reserve malice meanness attention
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Hypernyms

information friendliness informality misbehavior misdeed misbehaviour

Hyponyms

slanginess

Phrases with the word

familiarity with general familiarity have no familiarity with

Derivatives

familiarities

Examples

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. Apuleius

Familiarity breeds contempt. Aesop

Familiarity breeds contempt - and children. Mark Twain

Familiarity is like the sea that kills the fisherman. Kiganda Proverb

Familiarity breeds contempt. English Proverb

Familiarity breeds contempt; distance breeds respect. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

familiariser familiarising familiarism familiarity with familiarization familiarize