🙂familiar

adjective
/fəˈmɪliər/

Meaning

Well known or easily recognized from previous experience.
well-known; easily recognized; having knowledge of; informal and friendly

Example Sentences

The town looked familiar to me after so many years.

This song sounds familiar to me.

Example Expressions

familiar face

Synonyms

well-known, recognizable, acquainted, common, usual, known
Entry 1
well-known, recognizable, acquainted, common, usual
Entry 2
known, recognizable, acquainted, common

Antonyms

unfamiliar, unknown, strange, foreign
Entry 1
unfamiliar, unknown, strange
Entry 2
unfamiliar, strange, unknown, foreign

Collocations

familiar face, familiar voice, look familiar, become familiar, familiar territory, familiar with
Entry 1
familiar face, familiar voice, look familiar, become familiar
Entry 2
familiar face, familiar territory, familiar with

More Example Sentences

He is familiar with the city streets.

They avoid driving at night in unfamiliar areas.

A bus driver helps a lost tourist who cannot find his hotel in an unfamiliar city

A bus driver helps a lost tourist who cannot find his hotel in an unfamiliar city by checking the address on his phone

A bus driver helps a lost tourist who cannot find his hotel in an unfamiliar city by checking the address on his phone and explaining which stop to get off at

A bus driver helps a lost tourist who cannot find his hotel in an unfamiliar city by checking the address on his phone and explaining which stop to get off at while the other passengers wait patiently

A bus driver helps a lost tourist who cannot find his hotel in an unfamiliar city by checking the address on his phone and explaining which stop to get off at while the other passengers wait patiently and one of them draws a small map on paper

A bus driver helps a lost tourist who cannot find his hotel in an unfamiliar city by checking the address on his phone and explaining which stop to get off at while the other passengers wait patiently and one of them draws a small map on paper so the tourist can walk the last few blocks

A bus driver helps a lost tourist who cannot find his hotel in an unfamiliar city by checking the address on his phone and explaining which stop to get off at while the other passengers wait patiently and one of them draws a small map on paper so the tourist can walk the last few blocks and arrive at his hotel safely

A bus driver helps a lost tourist who cannot find his hotel in an unfamiliar city by checking the address on his phone and explaining which stop to get off at while the other passengers wait patiently and one of them draws a small map on paper so the tourist can walk the last few blocks and arrive at his hotel safely feeling grateful for the unexpected kindness of strangers in a new place.

Related Vocabularies

impossible to describe or express in words; beyond description
able to be seen; perceptible by the eye
Not showing care for the consequences of an action.
having thorns; difficult to handle or deal with
Relating to electricity produced by chemical action; sudden and dramatic.
Very famous or popular, especially being considered to represent particular opinions or a particular...

Explore More