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familiar
adjective as in common, well-known
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commonplace, domestic, homespun, household, native, natural, ordinary, plain, routine, stock
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accustomed, conventional, customary, everyday, frequent, garden variety, habitual, humble, informal, known, matter-of-fact, old hat, prosaic, proverbial, repeated, unceremonious, unsophisticated, wonted, workaday
adjective as in knowledgeable
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abreast, apprised, at home with, au courant, au fait, cognizant, conscious, grounded, in on, in the know, informed, introduced, kept posted, mindful, no stranger to, plugged in, tuned-in, up, up on, versed in, well up in, with it
adjective as in friendly, bold
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close, cordial, cozy, dear, forward, free, open, palsy, smart, snug, sociable, thick, wise
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affable, amicable, buddy-buddy, chummy, confidential, free-and-easy, fresh, genial, gracious, impudent, informal, intrusive, near, neighborly, nervy, obtrusive, officious, palsy-walsy, presuming, presumptuous, relaxed, sassy, tight, unceremonious, unconstrained, unreserved
Example Sentences
He stuck to his pattern and quickly fell into a familiar feedback loop: Flood the zone with chaos, and then pretend it never happened.
He then appeared in several romances and comedies - many of them box-office hits - and became a familiar face for audiences.
Residents in Rancho Palos Verdes got that old, familiar sinking feeling on Saturday night, when a sizable chunk of a coastal bluff dropped about 50 to 60 feet, according to Los Angeles County Fire officials.
Moreno, 79, explored selling the team three years ago but is not expected to do so this winter, according to people familiar with his thinking but not authorized to speak publicly.
But as the governor weighs whether to sign the legislation into law, he faces a familiar hurdle: objections from tech companies that say new restrictions would hinder innovation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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