FAMILIARITY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FAMILIARITY?

Need another word that means the same as “familiarity”? Find 40 synonyms and 30 related words for “familiarity” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Familiarity” are: closeness, intimacy, acquaintance, conversance, conversancy, casualness, impropriety, indecorum, liberty, acquaintance with, awareness of, experience of, insight into, conversance with, ordinariness, normality, conventionality, informality, ease, comfortableness, friendliness, lack of ceremony, lack of restraint, lack of reserve, naturalness, simplicity, attachment, affinity, friendship, amity, presumption, presumptuousness, forwardness, boldness, audacity, cheek, impudence, impertinence, intrusiveness, disrespect

Familiarity as a Noun

Definitions of "Familiarity" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “familiarity” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known.
• The quality of being well known from long or close association.
• An act of undue intimacy.
• Close acquaintance with or knowledge of something.
• A casual manner.
• Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.
• Close or warm friendship.
• Relaxed friendliness or intimacy between people.
• Inappropriate informality or intimacy.

Synonyms of "Familiarity" as a noun (40 Words)

acquaintance	Acquaintances considered collectively. A wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
acquaintance with	A person with whom you are acquainted.
affinity	The attraction between an antigen and an antibody. Basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk.
amity	Friendly relations. The presence of French troops in Scotland had produced hostility rather than amity.
attachment	A feeling of affection for a person or an institution. The processor comes complete with a blender attachment.
audacity	A willingness to take bold risks. He had the audacity to question my decision.
awareness of	State of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness.
boldness	The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger. A president who is showing incredible boldness in going after the cartels.
casualness	A casual manner.
cheek	Either side of the face below the eye. He had the cheek to complain.
closeness	Extreme stinginess. The translator s closeness to the original time period.
comfortableness	A feeling of being at ease in a relationship. She longed for the comfortableness of her armchair.
conventionality	Conformity with conventional thought and behavior.
conversance	Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.
conversance with	The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
conversancy	Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.
disrespect	A disrespectful mental attitude. Growing disrespect for the rule of law.
ease	Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility. A life of luxury and ease.
experience of	The accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities.
forwardness	Boldness or overfamiliarity in manner. I hope that my forwardness hasn t offended you.
friendliness	A feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company. I was overwhelmed by the friendliness of the people here.
friendship	The emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends. This is an ideal group for finding support and friendship.
impertinence	Lack of respect; rudeness. They gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion.
impropriety	An act of undue intimacy. She was scandalized at the impropriety of the question.
impudence	An impudent statement. His arrogance and impudence had offended many.
indecorum	An act of undue intimacy.
informality	Freedom from constraint or embarrassment. There is a laid back informality to the food.
insight into	A feeling of understanding.
intimacy	An intimate remark. The room had a peaceful sense of intimacy about it.
intrusiveness	Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation.
lack of ceremony	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
lack of reserve	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
lack of restraint	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
liberty	The personification of liberty as a female figure. How did he know what she was thinking it was a liberty.
naturalness	The quality of being natural or based on natural principles. The spontaneous naturalness of his manner.
normality	Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning. The office gradually returned to a semblance of normality.
ordinariness	The expected or commonplace condition or situation.
presumption	A kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming. The planning policy shows a general presumption in favour of development.
presumptuousness	Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to. He despised them for their presumptuousness.
simplicity	A thing that is plain or uncomplicated. The grandeur and simplicity of Roman architecture.

Usage Examples of "Familiarity" as a noun

• The unnecessary familiarity made me dislike him at once.
• His familiarity with the works of Thomas Hardy.
• Familiarity allows us to give each other nicknames.
• The reassuring familiarity of his parents' home.

Associations of "Familiarity" (30 Words)

acquaintance	Acquaintances considered collectively. A wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
affair	A vaguely specified concern. The party was quite an affair.
affinity	A natural attraction or feeling of kinship. The distinction between kinship and affinity is not always clear cut.
ambient	Relating to ambient music. The ambient air.
brother	A member of a religious order of men. There I was with one white boy and this other brother.
buddy	A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. I decided to buddy up to them.
closeness	The quality of being done in an attentive and thorough way. Moments of closeness with friends and family members.
companion	Be a companion to somebody. Drinking companions.
companionship	A feeling of fellowship or friendship. The love and companionship of marriage.
confidant	Someone to whom private matters are confided. A close confidante of the princess.
conjugal	Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband. Conjugal loyalty.
connubial	Relating to marriage or the relationship between a married couple; conjugal. Connubial bliss.
conversant	Familiar with or knowledgeable about something. You need someone who is conversant with the new technology.
face	A vertical surface of a building or cliff. We can often see the dark face of the moon by earthshine.
familiar	In close friendship; intimate. She had not realized they were on such familiar terms.
friend	Befriend someone. He settled for that old friend the compensation grant.
friendship	The state of being friends (or friendly. This is an ideal group for finding support and friendship.
intimacy	Close familiarity or friendship. The room had a peaceful sense of intimacy about it.
intimate	Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity – V.L. Parrington. They are on intimate terms.
involvement	Emotional or personal association with someone. US officials produced evidence of his involvement in drug trafficking.
know	Know the nature or character of. Do you know the poem well enough to recite it.
liberty	The personification of liberty as a female figure. Liberty of opinion.
mate	South American tea like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. A male is mated to several females.
neighbor	Live or be located as a neighbor. The neighboring house.
pal	Become friends; act friendly towards. Back off pal.
partner	Be the partner of. Scotland is the rest of the UK s second biggest trading partner.
platonic	(of love or friendship) intimate and affectionate but not sexual. Platonic love.
relationship	A relation between people relationship is often used where relation would serve as in the relationship between inflation and unemployment but the preferred usage of relationship is for human relations or states of relatednes. She has a daughter from a previous relationship.
romantic	Relating to or denoting the artistic and literary movement of romanticism. A romantic attitude to the past.
sociality	The tendency to associate with others and to form social groups. Mammals as a class are not strong on sociality.