acquaintance

Noun

Meaning

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.

A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

familiarity knowledge friend fellowship intimacy association experience relationship contact understanding familiar associate companion colleague acquaintanceship
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Antonyms

stranger outlander wanderer floater competition enemy
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Hypernyms

information individual person relationship soul mortal

Hyponyms

date connection classmate pickup schoolmate homeboy

Related terms

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Phrases with the word

nodding acquaintance make someone's acquaintance acquaintance with non-acquaintance business acquaintance

Examples

If people could realize that we are merely passing through this Earth... That we are guests here... That every meeting with an acquaintance or a friend could be the last, they would be more humble and less cruel. Source: Internet

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave neither room nor demand for a theory of probabilities. George Boole

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light. Persian Proverb

Forbearance is no acquaintance. German Proverb

Ignorance is the worst acquaintance. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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