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acquaint

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of acquaint

1 to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to

  • Mr. King spent the first week of the summer internship acquainting everyone with the new computers
Synonyms of acquaint

accustom, familiarize, initiate, introduce, orient, orientate
Words Related to acquaint

habituate, wont

apprise, brief, clue (in), fill in, inform

educate, enlighten, ground, instruct, school, train, verse

expose, present, subject

advise, tell, tip (off), warn, wise (up)

reacquaint

2 to give information to

  • his sailor friend acquainted him with the latest navigational aids for weekend yachtsmen
Synonyms of acquaint

advise, apprise, brief, catch up, clear, clue (in), enlighten, familiarize, fill in, hip, inform, instruct, tell, verse, wise (up)
Words Related to acquaint

advertise, alert, notify

announce (to), disclose (to)

assure, certify, convince, reassure, warrant

educate, lecture, school, teach, tutor

disabuse, disenchant, disillusion, undeceive
Phrases Synonymous with acquaint

keep posted (one), let know (one)
Near Antonyms of acquaint

misinform, mislead

3 to make (one person) known (to another) socially

  • hoping that someone would acquaint them with the new neighbors
Synonyms of acquaint

introduce, present
Words Related to acquaint

address, greet, hail, meet

reacquaint, reintroduce

Synonym Discussion of acquaint

inform, acquaint, apprise, notify mean to make one aware of something. inform implies the imparting of knowledge especially of facts or occurrences.
    • informed us of the crisis
acquaint lays stress on introducing to or familiarizing with.
    • acquaint yourself with the keyboard
apprise implies communicating something of special interest or importance.
    • keep us apprised of the situation
notify implies sending notice of something requiring attention or demanding action.
    • notified the witness when to appear

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