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acquaintance
acquaintance
noun
Definition of ACQUAINTANCE
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 cognizance, familiarity
Related Words association, experience, exposure, intimacy, involvement; initiation, introduction; awareness, comprehension, conception, inkling, notion, understanding; education, enlightenment, grounding, information, instruction, learning, schooling, training
Antonyms unfamiliarity
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