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familar

familar is the misspelling of familiar.

Meaning of familiar

Adjective

familiar (comparative more familiar, superlative most familiar)

  1. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
    • There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.
  2. Acquainted.
    • I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.
    Synonyms:
    acquainted
  3. Intimate or friendly.
    • We are on familiar terms now; our neighbour is not familiar
  4. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
    • familiar feuds1822, Lord Byron, Werner

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Questions about familar

What is familar the misspelling of?
Familar is the misspelling of familiar.

Words near familar in the dictionary

  1. famigerates
  2. famigerating
  3. Famiglietti
  4. Famigliettis
  5. famil
  6. familar
  7. familect
  8. familects
  9. familia
  10. familiae
  11. familial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: familar (page history and authors); familiar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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