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

Not long after both girls had been discharged, a mutual acquaintance connected their two families, who gathered in Marris’ backyard. — CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Groups 2 and 3 sigh with relief, knowing there exists a phrase that will help them to explain to acquaintances why their older family member ended up in a care facility. — Alicja Turczyk, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026

Einhorn connected another senior adviser to a campaign that an acquaintance was running in Kosovo. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Gathering at the food court once or twice a week, Smith’s group frequently crossed paths with other acquaintances. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026