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.