Acquaintance

Quick meaning: Acquaintance is a noun meaning (countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

Meaning

(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
2. Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
3. (uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.

Example Sentences

Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.

I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.

Having therefore conſulted with my Wife, and ſome of my Acquaintance, I determined to go again to Sea.

The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.

Word Forms

• acquaintances

Synonyms for acquaintance

Depending on context, synonyms include familiarity, fellowship, intimacy, knowledge, kith, friend.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include friend, familiarity, conversance, conversancy, friendship, known.

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