familiarity
Knowing something well
Familiarity is the state of knowing something well through repeated exposure or experience: Her familiarity with the neighborhood made her an excellent guide.
It also describes informal closeness between people, which can be comfortable or presumptuous—hence Familiarity breeds contempt.
To take familiarities with someone is to behave too intimately for the relationship.
Person slightly known
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
insight · grasp · comprehension · command · mastery · fluency · expertise · conversance
Emotional closeness between people
- bondingForming close connections
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- connectionA joining or relation
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
togetherness · camaraderie · warmth · tenderness · attachment · fondness · companionship · friendship
Settled regular tendency
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
- repetitionAct of redoing
practice · custom · tradition · consistency · predictability · sameness · monotony · rote
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- disrespectLack of regard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- presumptionBelief held without proof
impertinence · forwardness · boldness · audacity · cheekiness · impudence · brashness · insolence
Comfortable warm intimacy
- easeLack of strain
- securityProtection from threat
- homelinessLack of physical attractiveness
- snugnessComfortable tightness or warmth
welcoming · relaxation · contentment · reassurance · softness · friendliness · approachability · informality
acquaintance
Person slightly known
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
experience · insight · grasp · comprehension · command · mastery · fluency · expertise · conversance · cognizance
intimacy
Emotional closeness between people
- bondingForming close connections
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- connectionA joining or relation
affinity · togetherness · camaraderie · warmth · tenderness · attachment · fondness · companionship · friendship · trust
habit
Settled regular tendency
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
repetition · practice · custom · tradition · consistency · predictability · sameness · monotony · rote · autopilot
disdain
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- disrespectLack of regard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
presumption · impertinence · forwardness · boldness · audacity · cheekiness · impudence · brashness · insolence · inappropriateness
coziness
Comfortable warm intimacy
- easeLack of strain
- securityProtection from threat
- homelinessLack of physical attractiveness
snugness · welcoming · relaxation · contentment · reassurance · softness · friendliness · approachability · informality · casualness
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- Memorabilitycatchiness, distinctiveness, vividness, impact, recall
- brand perceptionbrand loyalty, trust, reputation, awareness, recognition
- home advantagehome team, fans, cheering, home turf, home ice
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- mental shortcutsmental shortcut, rule of thumb, hunch, gut feeling, educated guess
familiarityunfamiliarity
Lack of prior knowledge
ignorance · inexperience · greenness · incomprehension · callowness
familiarityformality
Strict observance of convention
reserve · propriety · decorum · ceremoniousness · distance
familiaritydistance
Space between two points
aloofness · remoteness · coldness · coolness · unfriendliness
familiarize, unfamiliarity, familiarization, familiarized, familiarizing, familiarizes, overfamiliarity, familiarities