Synonyms:
acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy
Meaning: personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Synonyms:
familiarity
Meaning: usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
Synonyms:
familiarity, intimacy, closeness
Meaning: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
Usage examples
An air of uncanny familiarity
All his familiarity and carelessness had completely disappeared.
"Gone into school!" repeated Gaunt, haughtily, resenting the familiarity, as well as the information.
Indeed, they could not unite for this expedition till they had gained increased familiarity with the sea.
But what finally irritated Ivan most and confirmed his dislike for him was the peculiar, revolting familiarity which Smerdyakov began to show more and more markedly.
I was not yet proficient with all the weapons, but my great familiarity with similar earthly weapons made me an unusually apt pupil, and I progressed in a very satisfactory manner.
Although he was quite at ease in her presence, too much so, Mary sometimes thought, and strangely enough sometimes told him in a fit of short-lived, quickly repented anger that always set him laughing, yet there was never a word or gesture that could hint of undue familiarity.
Tito Melema had become conspicuously serviceable in the intercourse with the French guests, from his familiarity with Southern Italy, and his readiness in the French tongue, which he had spoken in his early youth; and he had paid more than one visit to the French camp at Signa.
He never forgot to be grateful to Lady Throckmorton; and so, despite the wide difference between their respective ages and positions, their mutual liking had ripened into a familiarity of relationship which made them more like elder sister and younger brother than anything else.
Possibly her elders found her departure a relief, for although they took no notice of it, their talk became more confidential, and was soon mingled with many names both of rank and note, with a familiarity which to a stranger might have seemed out of keeping with the humbler character of their surroundings.