acquaintance

acquaintance is a 12-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 30 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 25 · Words With Friends 30 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
2. noun. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
3. noun. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

   Synonyms: conversance, conversancy, familiarity

4. noun. a person with whom you are acquainted

   "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"

   "we are friends of the family"

   Synonyms: friend

5. noun. a relationship less intimate than friendship

Synonyms

conversance, conversancy, familiarity, friend

Common word forms

acquaintances

Words from these letters

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