acquaintance

noun/əˈkweɪntəns/

Frequency rank: #7,185 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

Illustration for the English word “acquaintance”

Example sentence

She is not my close friend, but rather an occasional acquaintance from work whom I see now and then.

Synonyms & related words

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