ACQUAINTANCE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

acquaintance

noun

ə-ˈkwān-tᵊn(t)s

as in familiarity

knowledge gained by personal experience Tiffany's acquaintance with cows is limited to a long-ago visit to a petting zoo when she was three

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Recent Examples of acquaintance On October 25, 48-year-old Reginald Lamar was fatally shot inside the Little Caesar’s after an argument with the alleged shooter, who was believed to be a close acquaintance. —

Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025 Any new occasion for these disciplines to meet is less likely to be unpredictable and cataclysmic than mundane and familiar, like two old work acquaintances catching up on their latest accomplishments. —

Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025 Circumstance delivered another talent: Navarro and Avery’s old acquaintance Michael Murphy. —

Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne. —

Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for acquaintance