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Meaning & Definition of Acquaintance in English

English

Acquaintance

/əkwentəns/

noun

1. Personal knowledge or information about someone or something

synonym:
  • acquaintance,
  • familiarity,
  • conversance,
  • conversancy

2. A relationship less intimate than friendship

synonym:
  • acquaintance,
  • acquaintanceship

3. A person with whom you are acquainted

  • "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"
  • "We are friends of the family"
synonym:
  • acquaintance,
  • friend

Examples of using

She is an old acquaintance of mine.
I have no acquaintance with court procedure.
For me he is neither a brother nor an acquaintance.