acquaintance
English Thesaurus
1. personal knowledge or information about someone or something (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | information, |
| definition | : | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction (noun.cognition) |
2. a person with whom you are acquainted (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | bunkmate, |
| definition | : | someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | campmate, |
| definition | : | someone who lives in the same camp you do (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | connection, |
| definition | : | (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | end man, |
| definition | : | a man at one end of a row of people (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | homeboy, |
| definition | : | a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | messmate, |
| definition | : | (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | pickup, |
| definition | : | a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships (noun.person) |
3. a relationship less intimate than friendship (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | relationship, |
| definition | : | a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries (noun.state) |
4. personal knowledge or information about someone or something (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | familiar, intimate, |
| definition | : | having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | conversant, familiar, |
| definition | : | (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly (adj.all) |
5. a person with whom you are acquainted (noun.person)
| antonym | : | alien, stranger, unknown, |
| definition | : | anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found (noun.person) |
| antonym | : | stranger, |
| definition | : | an individual that one is not acquainted with (noun.person) |
6. a relationship less intimate than friendship (noun.state)
| derivation | : | acquaintance, friend, |
| definition | : | a person with whom you are acquainted (noun.person) |
7. personal knowledge or information about someone or something (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | familiar, intimate, |
| definition | : | having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | conversant, familiar, |
| definition | : | (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly (adj.all) |
8. a person with whom you are acquainted (noun.person)
| antonym | : | alien, stranger, unknown, |
| definition | : | anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found (noun.person) |
| antonym | : | stranger, |
| definition | : | an individual that one is not acquainted with (noun.person) |
9. a relationship less intimate than friendship (noun.state)
| derivation | : | acquaintance, friend, |
| definition | : | a person with whom you are acquainted (noun.person) |
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