acquaintance

noun

1. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

   Synonyms

   • familiarity, conversance, conversancy

   Less specific

   • information

2. a relationship less intimate than friendship

   Synonyms

   • acquaintanceship

   Less specific

   • relationship

3. 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

   Antonym

   • stranger, alien, unknown, stranger

   Less specific

   • person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

   More specific

   • bunkmate, campmate, connection, end man, homeboy, messmate, pickup, schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow