FAMILIARIZED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

familiarized

verb

past tense of familiarize

as in informed

to give information to the general's day-to-day duties included familiarizing the president on international developments

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as in introduced

to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to one office worker is assigned with the task of familiarizing new staffers with the use of electronic equipment around the office

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Recent Examples of familiarized And once the bears have familiarized themselves with the area, they'll be introduced to a larger habitat, while still having access to the den. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 The job, Nguyen said, familiarized him with the inner workings of restaurants and their safety regulations. — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026 Fincke and Yui familiarized Williams with space station hardware, operations and systems. — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025 The singer is already fluent in Spanish and Catalan, but familiarized herself with 12 other languages, including English, Latin, Italian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Arabic, Sicilian, Mandarin, Hebrew, Portuguese, and French — just to name a few. — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025 Virtual and physical demonstrations and presentations familiarized the audience, a cross-section of entertainment, finance and technology pros, with the companies’ innovations and ambitions. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025 Throughout the scoring process, Middleton familiarized himself with the world of wilderness therapy and the troubled teen industry. — Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025 Walmart said that ChatGPT will learn and predict customers' shopping needs aimed at creating a more convenient experience — a move away from the traditional dynamic of a search bar returning a long list of items, which has been familiarized by Amazon . — Matthew J. Belvedere,paulina Likos, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025 Like a fireside chat with FDR, this tradition familiarized the man. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025

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Hence privy to means privately informed, while privy for a toilet comes from the idea of a private place.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
One student has described the moment a fellow pupil ran into their classroom and informed them that a teacher had been shot, during Friday’s deadly shooting.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

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Ross, Oscar, and Persephone were all metagamers who weren’t introduced to each other, and who had to make silly faces throughout the game, then point each other out based on the face-pulling, which Oscar and Sephi both successfully do.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
She was raised in Pasadena and was introduced to the music of such artists as Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Hank Williams, the Pretenders, and Neil Young through her family’s extensive vinyl record collection.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026

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And while that would have been a boost for borrowers saddled with higher borrowing costs, it was expected to be less favorable for savers who had been accustomed to earning big returns with select savings accounts.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Modern consumers, accustomed to instant gratification, demand real-time redemption and seamless integration.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of accustomed

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Jeff Niklaus, the founder and CEO of Compliant Technologies, told AP by email that the company was unable to comment.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
As far as Davis was told, once the ordeal was handled, the player simply asked for a different helmet and returned to practice.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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As geopolitics, inflation and new tariffs change the global business landscape every day, CFOs need to become much better acquainted with their supply chains.

— Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Some of these thinkers were good friends; a few were hardly acquainted.

— Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Definition of acquainted

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Managers were instructed to remove all roach carcasses and seal the bottoms of entryways to prevent more pests from entering.

— Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Israeli military personnel in Gaza were instructed earlier Tuesday not to strike in the region without approval from top command or political leaders, but that gesture is unlikely to budge Hamas officials.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026

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