FAMILIARS Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

familiars

noun

plural of familiar

as in lovers

someone who regularly spends time in a particular place a longtime familiar of the bar, she would most likely have been there on the night in question

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as in friends

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another with old familiars the normally reserved writer can be quite warm and funny

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Recent Examples of familiars But instead the sisters wind up confronting assassins, demons with human familiars, and revelations about their late mother’s place within Le Clan des Sorcières. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025 The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025 By the end of a run, players could have as many as 15 boons which, on top of temporary weapon upgrades, blessings from Moon, familiars, and more, creates a dizzying amount of customization that’s almost impossible to intentionally recreate verbatim on the regular. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025 The sound of K-pop also hums through the other magical elements of the film, especially HUNTR/X’s weapons and the strange familiars that Rumi and Ji-noo (Ahn Hyo-seop) use to communicate with each other across enemy lines. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025

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Noun

For the aesthetes who have already seen the latest exhibition at MoMA, this weekend guide for design lovers is intended to point you in a few other directions (and no, this does not include that viral room full of dirt in SoHo).

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
Midnight is full of clocks and mirrors, and Hall often structures songs and plot points around countdowns to midnight, when his lovers meet in secret.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of lovers

Noun

This particular video of the All 22 was viewed by more than 100,000 people, and a number of fans shared their opinion on why the play went so wrong.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Percy Jackson says in one of the clips shown at Lucca, drawing a wild roar from fans assembled at the Teatro Moderno movie theatre.

— John Bleasdale, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of fans

Noun

But over time, some music acts have become cherished regulars that can be reliably found on certain nights.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
This is Blue Mondays, a karaoke night dedicated to sad songs that’s become a ritual of catharsis for its regulars.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of regulars

Noun

One small disappointment was the lack of access to the loft in my deluxe studio, tucked so high under the shed roof that it was deemed unsafe to allow guests access by ladder.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
In Paolo Veronese’s The Wedding at Cana (1563), the Louvre’s largest painting, a miniature brown-and-white lapdog stands on the biblical banquet table, partaking of the lavish meal set out for the guests.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of guests

Noun

In practical terms, this means disabled patrons should be able to buy a ticket as easily as anyone else, get into the venue without extra hurdles, move through the space unimpeded, and have a safe place to experience the show.

— Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
He was arrested five days later in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after patrons recognized him at a McDonald’s from photos circulated by the NYPD.

— Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2026