Familiar and Rare

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Familiar

Familiar adjective - Often observed or encountered.
Usage example: the woman and her pair of Welsh corgis were a familiar sight in the quiet neighborhood
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Rare is an antonym for familiar.
Nearby Words: familiarity, familiarize, familiarise, familiarized, familiarization

Rare

Rare adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
Usage example: even among the prize-winning roses, this one is a rare beauty
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Familiar is an antonym for rare in exceptional topic.
Nearby Words: rarity, rarely, rareness
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  • Also, it's not rare for non-gamers to be familiar with the names Oblivion and Skyrim, but to have never heard of The Elder Scrolls in their lives.
    Source: Small Reference Pools / Video Games
  • Noisy Guns However, enemies not familiar with weapons will sometimes do this, but it's pretty rare.
    Source: Noisy Guns
  • Cicadas in particular are very familiar to the Japanese and show up very frequently in anime, considered an iconic symbol of summer there, but outside of Japan they're rare in fiction.
    Source: Small Taxonomy Pools
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