Acquaintance
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English
Noun
Acquaintance (plural Acquaintances)- (uncountable) 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
- (countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Adjectives for Acquaintance
vast; mutual; desirable; intimate; eventful; favorable; brilliant; charitable; prosperous; common; conventional; casual; stray; select; congenial; slight; valued; ingenious; inaccurate; preliminary; fair; imperfect; superficial; extensive; critical; tolerable; nodding; astounding; injudicious; chance; passing; temporary; broad; well-born; garrulous; good-humored; varied (plural); amiable; numerous (pl); bowing; renewed; promiscuous; protracted; professional; informal; cursory; first-hand; incomplete.
Verbs for Acquaintance
bless with -; boast -; crave -; dim -; estrange -; exploit -; greet -; hold -; lend -; pursue -; put away -; renew -; resume -; strangle -; strike up -; urge -; - creeps; - is estranged; - widens.
Synonyms for Acquaintance
familiarity, fellowship, intimacy, knowledge, cognizance, experience, association, esteem.
Antonyms for Acquaintance
unfamiliarity, inexperience, ignorance, strangeness.
Thesaurus
account; acquaintedness; advocate; alter ego; amigo; announcement; appreciation; apprehension; associate; awareness; backer; best friend; blue book; bosom friend; briefing; brother; bulletin; casual acquaintance; close acquaintance; close friend; colleague; communication; communique; companion; comrade; confidant; confidante; consciousness; corpus; crony; data; datum; directory; dispatch; enlightenment; evidence; experience; expertise; facts; factual base; factual information; familiar; familiarity; familiarization; favorer; fellow; fellow creature; fellowman; friend; gen; general information; grasp; guidebook; handout; hard information; incidental information; info; information; inseparable friend; instruction; intelligence; intimacy; intimate; introduction; inwardness; ken; knockdown; know-how; knowing; knowledge; light; lover; mate; mention; message; neighbor; notice; notification; other self; partisan; pickup; practical knowledge; presentation; private knowledge; privity; promotional material; proof; publication; publicity; ratio cognoscendi; release; report; repository; self-knowledge; sidelight; statement; supporter; sympathizer; technic; technics; technique; the dope; the goods; the know; the scoop; transmission; understanding; well-wisher; white book; white paper; word
Pronunciation
Notes
- (a state): The words acquaintance, familiarity, and intimacy mark different degrees of closeness in social intercourse.
- Acquaintance arises from occasional intercourse. We can speak of a slight or an intimate acquaintance.
- Our acquaintance has been a brief one.
- Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him.
- Familiarity is the result of continued acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve.
- the familiarity of old companions
- Intimacy is the result of close connection, and the freest interchange of thought.
- It is in our power to confine our friendships and intimacies to men of virtue.
- (a person or persons): Acquaintance was formerly used collectively, but now usually refers to only a single person.
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