Entry Word: acquaintance

Function: noun

Meaning: knowledge gained by personal experience <Tiffanyʼs acquaintance with cows is limited to a 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

Near Antonyms callowness, greenness, ignorance, inexperience

Antonyms unfamiliarity