familiarity synonyms

familiarity

n.

  1. Acquaintance with people

    friendliness, acquaintanceship, intimacy; see friendship 1, 2.

  2. Acquaintance with things

    conversance, experience, knowledge, sense of use, the feel of, being at home with, thorough knowledge, mastery, cognition, comprehension; see also awareness, experience 3.

  3. Informality

    casualness, ease, presumptuousness, liberties; see informality, rudeness.

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