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

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

Hope, or something like it, arrives in the form of a chance meeting with an old acquaintance named Jordan (Rock). — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026

The technology has drawn scrutiny over privacy concerns and reports that law enforcement officers have used it to monitor romantic partners, relatives and acquaintances. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026

Apple said his office received a tip Friday from an outside source that Moore was using a Flock camera to track a former acquaintance, and an internal investigation began immediately. — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026