familiarity
noun
[ fəmɪlɪˈarɪti ]
• close acquaintance with or knowledge of something.
• "his familiarity with the works of Thomas Hardy"
Similar:
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 of,
skill with,
skill in,
proficiency in,
expertise in,
• relaxed friendliness or intimacy between people.
• "familiarity allows us to give each other nicknames"
Similar:
informality,
casualness,
ease,
comfortableness,
friendliness,
lack of ceremony,
lack of restraint,
lack of reserve,
naturalness,
simplicity,
closeness,
intimacy,
attachment,
affinity,
friendship,
amity,
chumminess,
palliness,
mateyness,
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘close relationship’ and ‘sexual intimacy’): via Old French from Latin familiaritas, from familiaris ‘familiar, intimate’ (see familiar).
