Known and Unfamiliar

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Known

Known adjective - Apprehended with certainty.
Usage example: a known criminal
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Unfamiliar is an antonym for known in topics: famous, unidentified.
Nearby Words: know, knowing

Unfamiliar

Unfamiliar adjective - Not known or well known.
Usage example: a name unfamiliar to most
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Known is an antonym for unfamiliar in topics: inexperienced, different, acquainted.
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  • Film / The Eagle Romans were also unfamiliar with them as they had fallen out of use pretty much everywhere else in the known world.
    Source: Film / The Eagle
  • For those unfamiliar with the game, ME1 was a classic hero's journey, the only subversion being that Shepard was already well-known in Alliance circles, no matter what origin you chose.
    Source: Broken Base / Video Games
  • Film / Rain Man Little was known about Autism or how to treat it in whatever year it was that Raymond had to go to Wallbrook (many laymen were even unfamiliar with the term "autism" when the film was released, which is why the Doctor functions as something of an Exposition Fairy).
    Source: Film / Rain Man
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