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Noun: acquaintance  u'kweyn-t(u)n(t)s
  1. Personal knowledge or information about someone or something
    "His acquaintance with ancient languages impressed the scholars";
    - familiarity, conversance, conversancy
     
  2. A relationship less intimate than friendship
    "They maintained a cordial acquaintance through work";
    - acquaintanceship
     
  3. A person with whom you are acquainted
    "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances";
    - friend

Derived forms: acquaintances

Type of: actor, doer, information, relationship, worker

Antonym: alien, stranger

Encyclopedia: Acquaintance