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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, well-known |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, commonplace, conventional, customary, domestic, everyday, frequent, garden variety, habitual, homespun, household, humble, informal, intimate, known, matter-of-fact, mundane, native, natural, old hat, ordinary, plain, prosaic, proverbial, recognizable, repeated, routine, simple, stock, unceremonious, unsophisticated, usual, wonted, workaday |
| Antonyms: | foreign, new, strange, uncommon, undistinguished, unfamiliar, unknown, unremarkable |
| Main Entry: | familiar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, bold |
| Synonyms: | affable, amicable, buddy-buddy, chummy, close, comfortable, confidential, cordial, cozy, dear, easy, forward, free, free-and-easy, fresh, genial, gracious, impudent, informal, intimate, intrusive, near, neighborly, nervy, obtrusive, officious, open, palsy, palsy-walsy, presuming, presumptuous, relaxed, sassy*, smart, snug, sociable, thick, tight, unceremonious, unconstrained, unreserved, wise |
| Antonyms: | aloof, cold, cool, distant, reserved, unapproachable, unfamiliar, unfriendly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abreast |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, au courant, au fait, contemporary, familiar, in touch, informed, knowledgeable, up*, versed |
| Antonyms: | lost, out of touch, unaware |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accustomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | be or become prepared, used to |
| Synonyms: | acclimatized, acquainted, adapted, addicted, confirmed, disciplined, familiar, familiarized, given to, grooved, habituated, habituated in, in the habit, inured, seasoned, settled in, trained |
| Antonyms: | unaccustomed |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, typical |
| Synonyms: | boilerplate, common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling, familiar, garden*, garden-variety, general, humdrum*, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road, middling, moderate, nowhere, ordinary, passable, plastic, regular, run of the mill, so-so, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, outstanding, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aware |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, alert, alive, appraised, appreciative, apprehensive, apprised, attentive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, cool*, enlightened, familiar, go-go, groovy*, grounded, heedful, hip*, in the know, in the picture, informed, into*, know the score, know what's what, know-how, knowing, latched on, mindful, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, receptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned in, up on, wise, wise to, wised up, with it |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, insensitive, unaware, unconscious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chatty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | colloquial, communicative, conversational, familiar, friendly, gabby, garrulous, gossipy, informal, intimate, loose-lipped, loquacious, multieloquent, spontaneous, talky |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silent, untalkative |
| Main Entry: | chummy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, buddy-buddy, close, confidential, constant, cozy, familiar, intimate, pally, palsy-walsy, thick* |
| Antonyms: | unfriendly, unsociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intimate |
| Synonyms: | attached, buddy-buddy, chummy, confidential, cozy with, dear, devoted, familiar, inseparable, kissing cousins, loving, making it with, on top of each other, palsy-walsy, private, related, thick as thieves, thick with, thick* |
| Antonyms: | unfriendly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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