acquaintance :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a relationship less intimate than friendship

n. a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"

acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy

n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

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confidant, intimate

n. someone to whom private matters are confided

chum salmon, chum, Oncorhynchus keta

n. a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish

companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate

n. a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

associate

n. a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise; "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners"

colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow

n. an associate that one works with

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

comprehension

n. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy

n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

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stranger

n. an individual that one is not acquainted with

stranger

n. an individual that one is not acquainted with

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