Familiarity - English meaning

Familiarity – definitions in English dictionary

noun
Close acquaintance with or knowledge of something.
Usage examples:
His familiarity with the works of thomas hardy
Synonims:
Acquaintance with Acquaintanceship with Awareness of Experience of Insight into Conversancy with Conversance with Knowledge of Understanding of Comprehension of Cognizance of Grasp of Mastery
noun
Relaxed friendliness or intimacy between people.
Usage examples:
Familiarity allows us to give each other nicknames
Synonims:
Informality Casualness Ease Comfortableness Friendliness Lack of ceremony Lack of restraint Lack of reserve Naturalness Simplicity Closeness Intimacy Attachment Affinity Friendship Amity Chum

noun
A good knowledge of something, or the fact that you know it so well
Usage examples:
Harry’s familiarity with the city makes him a good tour guide.

Familiarity translation into English

Familiarity: translate from English into Chinese

熟悉度, 放肆的言行, 简略的行为

Familiarity: translate from English into Dutch

Bekendheid, Vertrouwdheid, Vertrouwelijkheid

Familiarity: translate from English into French

Familiarité, Connaissance, Caractère familier, Privautés, Caractère habituel

Familiarity: translate from English into German

Vertrautheit, Vertraulichkeit, Familiarität, Bekanntschaft, Intimität, Geläufigkeit, Ungezwungenheit, Freundschaft, Vertrautes verhältnis, Familiäres verhältnis, Ungezwungenes verhältnis

Familiarity: translate from English into Hindi

सुपरिचय, मेल-जोल, घनिष्ठ परिचय

Familiarity: translate from English into Italian

Familiarità, Dimestichezza

Familiarity: translate from English into Korean

정통, 친함, 허물없음, 치근치근하게 구는 짓, 무엄하게 구는 짓

Familiarity: translate from English into Russian

Знакомство, Фамильярность, Близкое знакомство, Хорошая осведомленность, Близкие отношения, Интимные отношения

Familiarity: translate from English into Spanish

Familiaridad, Conocimiento, Confianza, Intimidad, Frescura

Word origin

Middle English (in the senses ‘close relationship’ and ‘sexual intimacy’): via Old French from Latin familiaritas, from familiaris ‘familiar, intimate’ (see familiar).

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Familiarity – similar words

familiar

adjective
Well known from long or close association.
Usage examples:
Their faces will be familiar to many of you

noun
A demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal.
Usage examples:
Her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts

adjective
Easy to recognize because previously experienced
Usage examples:
Familiar sights, a familiar face, i’m not familiar with current research in the field., her familia…

Familiar - all meanings in English

Familiarity synonims

affinity

əˈfɪn.ə.ti

noun
A natural liking for and understanding of someone or something.
Usage examples:
He had a special affinity with horses

noun
A liking or sympathy for someone or something, especially because of shared characteristics
Usage examples:
She seems to have a natural affinity for/with water.

noun
A close similarity between two things
Usage examples:
There are several close affinities between the two paintings.

Affinity - all meanings in English

amity

ˈæm.ɪ.ti

noun
Friendly relations.
Usage examples:
The presence of french troops in scotland had produced hostility rather than amity

noun
A good relationship
Usage examples:
The two groups had lived in perfect amity for many years before the recent troubles.

Amity - all meanings in English

attachment

əˈtætʃ.mənt

noun
An extra part or extension that is or may be attached to something to perform a particular function.
Usage examples:
The processor comes complete with a blender attachment

noun
An extra piece of equipment that can be added to a machine
Usage examples:
This food processor has a special attachment for grinding coffee.

noun
A computer file that is sent together with an email message
Usage examples:
I'll email my report to you as an attachment., i wasn't able to open that attachment.

Attachment - all meanings in English

chum

noun
A close friend.
Usage examples:
She shared the cake with her chums

verb
Form a friendship with someone.
Usage examples:
His sister chummed up with sally

verb
Fish using chum as bait.
Usage examples:
Chumming is always a must when flounder fishing

Chum - all meanings in English

closeness

noun
The quality of being only a short distance away or apart in space or time.
Usage examples:
The geographical closeness of our two countries

noun
Being close in position or time
Usage examples:
A special closeness is supposed to exist between twins.

Closeness - all meanings in English

ease

noun
Absence of difficulty or effort.
Usage examples:
She gave up smoking with ease

verb
Make (something unpleasant or intense) less serious or severe.
Usage examples:
A huge road-building programme to ease congestion

verb
Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

Ease - all meanings in English

friendliness

noun
The quality of being friendly; affability.
Usage examples:
I was overwhelmed by the friendliness of the people here

noun
The quality of behaving in a pleasant, kind way towards someone
Usage examples:
She showed great friendliness towards me., the city has a reputation for friendliness., their frien…

Friendliness - all meanings in English

friendship

noun
The emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends.
Usage examples:
Old ties of love and friendship

Friendship - all meanings in English

informality

noun
Relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style or nature; absence of formality.
Usage examples:
He enjoyed the informality of the occasion

noun
The fact of not being formal or official, or of being suitable for friends and family but not for official occasions
Usage examples:
The restaurant has the warmth and informality of a family-run place., they greeted one another with…

Informality - all meanings in English

intimacy

noun
Close familiarity or friendship.
Usage examples:
The intimacy between a husband and wife

noun
The state of having a close, personal relationship or romantic relationship with someone
Usage examples:
[ u ] he was always polite, but he shunned intimacy.

Intimacy - all meanings in English

mastery

ˈmɑː.stər.i

noun
Comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject or activity.
Usage examples:
She played with some mastery

noun
Great skill in a particular job or activity
Usage examples:
Louis armstrong’s mastery of the trumpet is legendary., only a singer of fitzgerald's mastery could…

noun
Complete control of something
Usage examples:
Her mastery of the situation

Mastery - all meanings in English

naturalness

noun
The quality or state of being natural.
Usage examples:
She demonstrates an ease and naturalness that many actors try hard to project

noun
The quality of being real and not influenced by other people
Usage examples:
I admire his naturalness on stage.

Naturalness - all meanings in English

simplicity

sɪmˈplɪs.ə.ti

noun
The quality or condition of being easy to understand or do.
Usage examples:
For the sake of simplicity, this chapter will concentrate upon one theory

noun
The fact that something is easy to understand or do
Usage examples:
The advantage of the plan is its simplicity., the test was simplicity itself (= very easy).

noun
The fact that something is ordinary, traditional, or natural, and not complicated
Usage examples:
The old people led a life of great simplicity (= with few possessions and little money).

Simplicity - all meanings in English

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