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Definition of Acquaintance
1. Noun. Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.
Generic synonyms: Information
Derivative terms: Acquaint, Conversant, Conversant, Familiar, Familiar
2. Noun. A relationship less intimate than friendship.
3. Noun. A person with whom you are acquainted. "We are friends of the family"
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Bunkmate, Campmate, Connection, End Man, Homeboy, Messmate, Pickup, Class Fellow, Classmate, Schoolfellow, Schoolmate
Derivative terms: Acquaintanceship, Friendship
Antonyms: Stranger, Stranger
Definition of Acquaintance
1. n. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
Definition of Acquaintance
1. Noun. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy ¹
2. Noun. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acquaintance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acquaintance
Literary usage of Acquaintance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"his quondam acquaintance,' but that he added nothing of his own. ... Roberto,
who, deserting his wife, makes the acquaintance of some strolling ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"The maid is one of her acquaintance, one that she hath persuaded to come with
her on pilgrimage. The boys take all after their father, and covet to tread in ..."
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