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

An officer spoke with an acquaintance of Brown’s, a motorcycle club leader, who told police that Brown was in Springfield. — Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Friends and acquaintances were very familiar with my devotion to his fiction, essays and poetry. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

The 28-year-old’s mother allegedly claimed in a complaint to police that, on July 3, Kaur had been abducted by two acquaintances, assaulted, tied to a tree and set on fire, the outlets reported. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Beasley, an acquaintance of the family, was staying with Monfort while doing some work at an apartment complex owned by Monfort’s son-in-law. — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026