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

These four questions can reveal whether someone is interested in becoming more than just an acquaintance. — Anna Goldfarb, CNBC, 14 July 2026

After five weeks of testimony from psychiatrists, police, neighbors, acquaintances and family members of the victims, a jury of seven men and five women took less than two hours to convict Gacy on March 12, 1980, of killing 33 young men. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

For working adults managing careers, families, and logistics, a promising new acquaintance may not realistically get nearly as much quality contact per week. — Wes Moss, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

The criss-crossings of coincidences and the overlapping bonds of acquaintance bring to the minute details of phone calls and handwritten notes, sly glances and trivial deceptions, a vast psychological reverberance. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026