acquaintance

noun

ə-ˈkwān-tᵊn(t)s How to pronounce acquaintance (audio)
Definition of acquaintancenext
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 The year after, an acquaintance of mine fell more than 250 feet off El Cap. — Daniel Duane, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Ahmed said that the idea had come to him early in the revolution, after the brother of an acquaintance was shot in the leg by a regime sniper. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 The acquaintance told police where Carrasco was hiding out and cops raced there and nabbed him. — Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 Children born outside of that range will not receive the seed contribution from the Treasury — but their family members and acquaintances are able to deposit money into the accounts. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for acquaintance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquaintance
  1. familiarity
  2. experience
Noun
  • The remaining shades include Townsend Harbour Brown, White Down, and Nelson Blue, all of which are tinged with the comfort of familiarity.
    — Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026
  • And while the Dodgers haven’t done anything against them yet, that familiarity could help in the rest of the series.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of familiarity
Noun
  • In this painful experience, one is exposed (the betrayal that is blushing) and longs to hide oneself.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • My own experience building what became a multi-billion-dollar company says otherwise.
    — Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of experience

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“Acquaintance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquaintance. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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