Meanings
adjectiveoverfamiliar (comparative more overfamiliar, superlative most overfamiliar)
comparative more overfamiliar · superlative most overfamiliar
- Common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying.
- Used with “with”So acquainted with something, that one doesn't notice it, or is annoyed by it.
- Overly friendly or intimate.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetaking undue liberties
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishfamiliar
- Englishoverfamiliar
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APA
overfamiliar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfamiliar
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“overfamiliar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfamiliar. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overfamiliar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfamiliar.
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