I have some acquaintance with chemistry.
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Acquaintance
//əˈkweɪntəns//
Synonyms for "acquaintance" (130 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
handouthard informationincidental informationinfoinformationinseparable friendinstructionintelligenceintercourseintimacyintimateintroductioninwardnesskenknockdownknowknow howknow-howknowingknowledge
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2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
16 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
167 translations across 77 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- njohje noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γνώριμος noun (person)
Arabic
1 entries- مَعْرِفَة noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Armenian
2 entries- ծանոթ noun (person)
- ծանոթություն noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- aşna noun (person)
- tanış noun (person)
- tanış-biliş noun (person)
- tanışlıq noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Bashkir
1 entries- таныш noun (person)
Belarusian
3 entries- знаёмая noun (person)
- знаёмства noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- знаёмы noun (person)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kamidbid noun (person)
Breton
1 entries- konesañs noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Bulgarian
4 entries- позна́йник noun (person)
- позна́йница noun (person)
- позна́йничка noun (person)
- позна́нство noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Burmese
1 entries- အသိအကျွမ်း noun (person)
Catalan
1 entries- conegut noun (person)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ناسیار noun (person)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 熟人 noun (person)
- 相識 /相识 noun (person)
Czech
3 entries- známost noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- známá noun (person)
- známý noun (person)
Danish
1 entries- bekendt noun (person)
Dutch
3 entries- bekende noun (person)
- bekendheid noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- kennis noun (person)
Esperanto
1 entries- konato noun (person)
Finnish
4 entries- tuttava noun (person)
- tuttavasuhde noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- tuttavuus noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- tuttu noun (person)
French
4 entries- accointance noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- connaissance noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- connaissance noun (person)
- fréquentation noun (person)
Galician
2 entries- coñecido noun (person)
- familiaridade noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Georgian
2 entries- ნაცნობი noun (person)
- ნაცნობობა noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
German
4 entries- Bekannte noun (person)
- Bekannter noun (person)
- Bekanntschaft noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- Umgang noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Greek
2 entries- γνωριμία noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- γνωστός noun (person)
Hindi
2 entries- परिचय noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- परिचित noun (person)
Hungarian
2 entries- ismeretség noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- ismerős noun (person)
Ibatan
1 entries- am-ammo noun (person)
Indonesian
2 entries- kenalan noun (person)
- rasa kenal noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Ingrian
4 entries- sebra noun (person)
- sebro noun (person)
- tuttahus noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- tuttava noun (person)
Irish
2 entries- aitheantas noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- aithnid noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Italian
2 entries- conoscenza noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- conoscenza noun (person)
Japanese
3 entries- 知り合い noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- 知り合い noun (person)
- 知人 noun (person)
Kazakh
2 entries- таныс noun (person)
- таныстық noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Khmer
1 entries- ការស្គាល់គ្នា noun (person)
Korean
2 entries- 아는 사람 noun (person)
- 지인 noun (person)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- тааныш noun (person)
- тааныштык noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Ladino
1 entries- alishik noun (person)
Latin
1 entries- nōtitia noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Latvian
2 entries- paziņa noun (person)
- pazīšanās noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Lithuanian
3 entries- pažintis noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- pažįstama noun (person)
- pažįstamas noun (person)
Macedonian
3 entries- запознавање noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- познаник noun (person)
- познаничка noun (person)
Malayalam
2 entries- പരിചയം noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- പരിചയക്കാരൻ noun (person)
Maranao
1 entries- kagiginawa noun (person)
Mongolian
1 entries- танил noun (person)
Norman
1 entries- accointance noun (person)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bekjent noun (person)
- forbindelse noun (person)
Old English
1 entries- cūþ noun (person)
Pangasinan
1 entries- kabkabat noun (person)
Persian
2 entries- آشنا noun (person)
- آشنایی noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Polabian
1 entries- blaizĕk noun (person)
Polish
3 entries- znajoma noun (person)
- znajomość noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- znajomy noun (person)
Portuguese
2 entries- conhecido noun (person)
- familiaridade noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Romanian
4 entries- cunoscut noun (person)
- cunoscută noun (person)
- cunoștință noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- cunoștință noun (person)
Romansch
1 entries- enconuschent noun (person)
Russian
3 entries- знако́мая noun (person)
- знако́мство noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- знако́мый noun (person)
Sardinian
2 entries- connoschimentu noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- connoschènte noun (person)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- poznánstvo noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- pòznanica noun (person)
- pòznanīk noun (person)
- по̀знаница noun (person)
Slovak
3 entries- známa noun (person)
- známosť noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- známy noun (person)
Slovene
1 entries- poznanstvo noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Spanish
4 entries- amiguete noun (person)
- amistad noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- conocida noun (person)
- conocido noun (person)
Swedish
2 entries- bekant noun (person)
- bekantskap noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Tagalog
1 entries- kakilala noun (person)
Tajik
4 entries- ошно noun (person)
- ошноӣ noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- шинос noun (person)
- шиносоӣ noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Tatar
1 entries- таныш noun (person)
Telugu
2 entries- పరిచయము noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- పరిచితుడు noun (person)
Thai
2 entries- คนรู้จัก noun (person)
- ผู้คุ้นเคย noun (person)
Tibetan
1 entries- ངོ་ཤེས་པ noun (person)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- poro noun (person)
- poroman noun (person)
Turkish
2 entries- aşina noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- tanıdık noun (person)
Turkmen
1 entries- tanyş noun (person)
Tuvan
1 entries- таныш noun (person)
Ukrainian
3 entries- знайо́ма noun (person)
- знайо́мий noun (person)
- знайо́мство noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Uyghur
1 entries- تونۇش noun (person)
Uzbek
2 entries- tanish noun (person)
- tanishlik noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người quen noun (person)
Volapük
4 entries- hisevädan noun (person)
- jisevädan noun (person)
- seväd noun (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship)
- sevädan noun (person)
Welsh
1 entries- cydnabod noun (person)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Do you have a business acquaintance in Randolph., Ltd?
Source: tatoeba (29716)
I have a bowing acquaintance with Mr Smith.
Source: tatoeba (51550)
I have a nodding acquaintance with Mr Smith.
Source: tatoeba (51551)
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