acquaintance

Noun
  1. Personal knowledge or information about someone or something (synset 105825271)
    is a type of: information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
    same as: conversance, conversancy, familiarity
  2. A relationship less intimate than friendship (synset 113953278)
    is a type of: relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
    same as: acquaintanceship
  3. A person with whom you are acquainted (synset 109783207)
    "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    • bunkmate - someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself
    • campmate - someone who lives in the same camp you do
    • connection - (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
    • end man - a man at one end of a row of people
    • homeboy - a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown
    • messmate - (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
    • pickup - a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
    • class fellow, classmate, schoolfellow, schoolmate - an acquaintance that you go to school with
    same as: friend

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