ACQUAINTANCE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of acquaintance Perhaps the exuberance on my father’s side is tinged by their acquaintance with disaster. —

Andrea Bajani, New Yorker, 7 June 2026 The Friends cast made many new acquaintances during the sitcom's 10-year run — some of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood. —

Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026 Renewing acquaintances in April, when the Giants visited San Diego this season for the first time, Preller chatted him up and hugged him. —

Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 On the trip, Jaliya reconnects with Andre, her childhood crush—and also starts to fall for a new acquaintance named India. —

Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for acquaintance

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Noun

Whatever people do with it, retirement should allow continuing some elements of old patterns in new forms, since continuity and familiarity matter.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
In positions that require process discipline, communication skills, customer interaction, or familiarity with internal systems, that instability can affect performance in ways that are not always immediately visible.

— William Jones, USA Today, 18 June 2026