Word Helper: An Associative Language Search Engine

Words Described by "Familiar"

  1. voice
  2. faces
  3. face
  4. figure
  5. objects
  6. example
  7. words
  8. pattern
  9. form
  10. terms

Hypernyms (Type of)

  1. spirit
  2. friend
  3. servant
  4. retainer

What Google Knows

In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars were believed to be supernatural entities or spiritual guardians that would protect or assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic.

Related Definition

  1. familiar:

    adj Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.

    adj Acquainted.

    adj Intimate or friendly.

    adj Of or pertaining to a family; familial.

    n (witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.

    n (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.

    n A member of a pope's or bishop's household.

    n (obsolete) A close friend.

    n (historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.


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