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acquaintance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of acquaintance

knowledge gained by personal experience

Tiffanyʼs acquaintance with cows is limited to a long-ago visit to a petting zoo when she was three

Synonyms of acquaintance

cognizance, familiarity

Words Related to acquaintance

association, experience, exposure, intimacy, involvement

initiation, introduction

awareness, comprehension, conception, inkling, notion, understanding

education, enlightenment, grounding, information, instruction, learning, schooling, training

Near Antonyms of acquaintance

callowness, greenness, ignorance, inexperience

Antonyms of acquaintance

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