Meanings
verbfamiliarize (third-person singular simple present familiarizes, present participle familiarizing, simple past and past participle familiarized)
present singular third person familiarizes · participle present familiarizing · participle past familiarized · past familiarized · alternative familiarise
- BritishEnglishOxfordUSambitransitiveTo make or become familiar with something or someone.
I took some time to familiarize myself with the layout of her kitchen before I got to cooking for her.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian запознавам, популяризирам
- запознавам (zapoznavam)make or become familiar with something or someone
- популяризирам (populjariziram)make or become familiar with something or someone
Catalan familiaritzar
- familiaritzarmake or become familiar with something or someone
Chinese Mandarin 使熟悉
- 使熟悉 (shǐ shúxī)make or become familiar with something or someone
Finnish tutustuttaa, perehdyttää
- tutustuttaamake or become familiar with something or someone
- perehdyttäämake or become familiar with something or someone
- totuttaamake or become familiar with something or someone
- tutustuamake or become familiar with something or someone
- perehtyämake or become familiar with something or someone
- tottuamake or become familiar with something or someone
French familiariser
- familiarisermake or become familiar with something or someone
German sich bekanntmachen
- sich bekanntmachenmake or become familiar with something or someone
Greek εξοικειώνω
- εξοικειώνω (exoikeióno)make or become familiar with something or someone
Hindi अवगत कराना
- अवगत कराना (avgat karānā)make or become familiar with something or someone
Italian familiarizzare
- familiarizzaremake or become familiar with something or someone
Māori whakawaia
- whakawaiamake or become familiar with something or someone
Portuguese familiarizar
- familiarizarmake or become familiar with something or someone
Russian знако́миться, познако́миться
- знако́миться (znakómitʹsja)make or become familiar with something or someone
- познако́миться (poznakómitʹsja)make or become familiar with something or someone
- ознако́миться (oznakómitʹsja)make or become familiar with something or someone
- знако́мить (znakómitʹ)make or become familiar with something or someone
- познако́мить (poznakómitʹ)make or become familiar with something or someone
- ознако́мить (oznakómitʹ)make or become familiar with something or someone
Spanish familiarizar
- familiarizarmake or become familiar with something or someone
Ukrainian знайо́мити, познайо́мити
- знайо́мити (znajómyty)make or become familiar with something or someone
- познайо́мити (poznajómyty)make or become familiar with something or someone
- ознайо́млювати (oznajómljuvaty)make or become familiar with something or someone
- ознайо́мити (oznajómyty)make or become familiar with something or someone
Cite this entry
APA
familiarize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/familiarize
MLA
“familiarize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/familiarize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “familiarize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/familiarize.
Source: familiarize on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.