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

Many of the hunters witnessed their acquaintances navigating those challenges and struggling with sometimes debilitating symptoms. — Bram Sable-Smith, NPR, 27 June 2026

But times change, and the relative prosperity of the Vladimir Putin era has produced the first generation that only knows food as items on a grocery shelf and has little acquaintance with the cycles of nature. — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026

After repatriation, many former prisoners returned to the United States to launch professional careers or to renew acquaintances with their former captors. — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026

Erik Fleming, a TV director and former acquaintance of Perry's, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release on Wednesday, May 13. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026