Synonyms of acquaintance

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• familiarity
• experience
• involvement
• association
• introduction
• intimacy
• cognizance
• understanding
• exposure
• initiation
• awareness
• learning
• comprehension
• education
• information
• conception
• schooling
• training
• instruction
• inkling
• enlightenment
• notion
• grounding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unfamiliarity
• ignorance
• inexperience
• greenness
• callowness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of acquaintance

Daniel Flores Miranda, another young man who took the exam, told CNN that an acquaintance offered him a computer program that would solve the test for him. — Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Ginni, a casual acquaintance, seemed an ideal candidate for the experiment. — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

Investigators found that around the time of his disappearance, Furman had been visiting acquaintances, Dmitry Bogatiryov, 52, of the 26600 block of Kenwood Court, and Damen Voranoff, 56, of the 26500 block of North Route 83. — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Racicot herself invoked Platner’s military trauma when messaging with an acquaintance whose friend was romantically interested in him, back in 2023. — Jasper Craven, New Yorker, 24 July 2026