DICTOMETER

INTIM (Norwegian for "familiar")

(familiar, intimate, íntimo)

1. Synonyms:
   • Familiar
   Definitions:
   • a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Companion
   • Comrade
   • Fellow
   • Familiar
   • Associate
   Definitions:
   • a friend who is frequently in the company of another
   Examples:
   • Drinking companions
   • Comrades in arms
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Familiar
   • Familiar spirit
   Definitions:
   • a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Familiar
   Definitions:
   • well known or easily recognized
   Examples:
   • A familiar figure
   • Familiar songs
   • Familiar guests
   Antonyms:
   • UNFAMILIAR
   • strange, unknown
   • unacquainted(predicate), unacquainted with(predicate), unfamiliar with(predicate)
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Familiar
   Definitions:
   • within normal everyday experience
   • common and ordinary
   • not strange
   Examples:
   • Familiar ordinary objects found in every home
   • A familiar everyday scene
   • A familiar excuse
   • A day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences
   Antonyms:
   • STRANGE
   • antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque
   • crazy
   • curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
   • eerie, eery
   • exotic
   • freaky
   • gothic
   • oddish
   • other
   • quaint
   • quaint
   • weird
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Conversant
   • Familiar
   Definitions:
   • (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly
   Examples:
   • Conversant with business trends
   • Familiar with the complex machinery
   • He was familiar with those roads
   Antonyms:
   • Uninformed
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Familiar
   • Intimate
   Definitions:
   • having mutual interests or affections
   • of established friendship
   Examples:
   • On familiar terms
   • Pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders
   Antonyms:
   • Distant
   • Remote