adj.
1 well-known
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem , smell , sound
▪
The place felt faintly ~ to me.
▪ become
▪ make sth
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ awfully
▪
His face looked awfully ~.
▪ entirely
▪ increasingly
▪ faintly , reasonably , vaguely
▪ enough
▪
The report's conclusions were already ~ enough to the government.
▪ already
▪ immediately , instantly
▪
His face was instantly ~, even after all those years.
▪ somehow
▪
a name that was somehow ~
▪ curiously , eerily , oddly , strangely
▪
Her face looked strangely ~.
▪ comfortingly
▪
The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and comfortingly ~.
▪ all too , depressingly , hauntingly ( esp. AmE ), horribly ( esp. BrE ), painfully , sickeningly
▪
a situation which has become all too ~ to most teachers
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
The name sounded vaguely ~ to her.
2 familiar with sth having a good knowledge of sth
VERBS
▪ be , seem
▪ become , get , grow
▪
I was now getting much more ~ with the local area.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ intimately
▪ completely , fully , thoroughly
▪
You will need to be thoroughly ~ with our procedures.
▪ overly
▪
I'm not overly ~ with these issues.
▪ increasingly
▪ reasonably
▪ remotely
▪
Anyone even remotely ~ with Germany knows that beer plays a significant role in its culture.
▪ already
Familiar is used with these nouns: ↑ ache , ↑ complaint , ↑ dilemma , ↑ example , ↑ face , ↑ feeling , ↑ figure , ↑ ground , ↑ image , ↑ landmark , ↑ melody , ↑ name , ↑ object , ↑ odour , ↑ pang , ↑ pattern , ↑ phrase , ↑ refrain , ↑ routine , ↑ scenario , ↑ scene , ↑ scent , ↑ sensation , ↑ shape , ↑ sight , ↑ smell , ↑ sound , ↑ story , ↑ surroundings , ↑ tale , ↑ terrain , ↑ territory , ↑ theme , ↑ tune , ↑ turf , ↑ voice