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Familiarity

The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.

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Broader term 5

Friendliness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being friendly.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Informality 76% connected

The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Misbehavior 76% connected

Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Misdeed 76% connected

An evil deed; a wicked action.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Narrower term 1

Slanginess 76% connected

Quality of being slangy.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Derivationally related 4

Conversant 74% connected

Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Conversant 74% connected

Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Familiar 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Familiar 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Attribute 2

Familiar 66% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Familiar 66% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Synonym 9

Acquaintance 92% connected

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Casualness 92% connected

The quality of being casual.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Closeness 92% connected

The state of being close.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Conversance 92% connected

The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Conversancy 92% connected

Conversance

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impropriety 92% connected

The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Indecorum 92% connected

Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Intimacy 92% connected

The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Liberty 92% connected

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to sla…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Strangeness 94% connected

The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Strangeness 94% connected

The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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