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Common collocations with familiar in American Collocation

familiar adjective

US /fəˈmɪljər/

very

extremely
very

She mentioned names which were all very familiar to me.

a little

fairly
pretty
quite
reasonably
vaguely

Some of the stories will be vaguely familiar to you, and some may seem slightly strange.

in a strange way

eerily
oddly
strangely

The voice was squeaky and oddly familiar.

in a pleasant way

reassuringly

It looks subtly different yet reassuringly familiar.

immediately

immediately
instantly

Emmental, with its huge marble-sized holes, is now an instantly familiar cheese around the world.

in a bad way

all too
depressingly
horribly

We have the all too familiar situation where the evidence is made to fit the theory rather than the other way around.

We were greeted with the depressingly familiar sight of no coffee and no food.

person

face
figure

Looking around the room and seeing so many familiar faces I felt suddenly at home.

place

environment
landmark
surroundings
territory

Your recovery will be faster in familiar surroundings with the support of your family and friends.

sound

song
sound
tune
voice

I listen to these old, familiar songs and find myself floating back in time to my youth.

something you see

scene
sight

The distinctive yellow and black signs for special events remain a familiar sight at the roadside.