Familiarity
31familiarity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. intimacy, acquaintance, fellowship; knowledge; informality, forwardness, impudence. See friend, sociality, insolence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Acquaintance with people] Syn. friendliness,… …
32familiarity — fa·mil·i·ar·i·ty || fə‚mɪlɪ ærÉ™tɪ n. skill; friendship, intimacy; freedom, relaxed behavior; excessive friendliness …
33familiarity — n. 1. Acquaintance, familiar knowledge, etc. 2. Intimacy, fellowship, friendship, etc. 3. Friendliness, sociability, etc. 4. Informality, freedom, etc. 5. Over freedom, disrespect, etc. 6. General recognition, etc. See familiar …
34familiarity — n 1. knowledge, mastery, comprehension, understanding, grasp, handle, hold, Sl. fix; acquaintance, conversance, personal knowledge, experience, association; recognition, realization, cognizance, awareness. 2. friendliness, affablity,… …
35familiarity — fa·mil·iar·i·ty …
36familiarity — fa•mil•i•ar•i•ty [[t]fəˌmɪl iˈær ɪ ti, mɪlˈyær [/t]] n. pl. ties 1) thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc 2) the state of being familiar; friendly relationship; close acquaintance; intimacy 3) an absence of ceremony and… …
37familiarity — Close or reasonable acquaintance with or knowledge of …
38familiarity — Close or reasonable acquaintance with or knowledge of …
39familiarity breeds contempt — close acquaintance causes lack of respect …
40familiarity breeds contempt — This means that the more you know something or someone, the more you start to find faults and dislike things about it or them. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
