Acquaintance

Synonyms: Familiarity, involvement, introduction, cognizance, exposure, awareness, comprehension, information, schooling, instruction, enlightenment, grounding, experience, association, intimacy, understanding, initiation, learning, education, conception, training, inkling, and notion.

Example Sentences

I met her through a mutual acquaintance.

He’s just an acquaintance, not a close friend.

She became a friendly acquaintance over time.

I had a brief conversation with an old acquaintance.

We kept in touch after becoming acquaintances at a conference.

He introduced me to his business acquaintance.

She’s more of an acquaintance than a friend.

We struck up an acquaintance during the flight.

Their acquaintance began in college.

He treated me like a longtime acquaintance.