English > acquaintance: 3 senses > noun 3, person | Meaning | A person with whom you are acquainted. |
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| Example | "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances" |
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| Synonym | friend |
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| Narrower | bunkmate | someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself |
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| campmate | someone who lives in the same camp / camp / 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 / meals in the same mess (as on a ship) |
| pickup | A casual acquaintance |
| schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow | An acquaintance that you go to school with |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Opposite | stranger, alien, unknown | Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found |
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| stranger | An individual that one is not acquainted with |
| Spanish | amiga, amigo, amistad, conocido |
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| Catalan | amiga, amistat, conegut, coneixença |
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| Nouns | acquaintanceship | a relationship less intimate than friendship |
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