acquaintance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Types & categories
- information hypernym
Related & opposite
- introduce derivation
- intimate derivation
- conversantp derivation
Sense 2 noun
a relationship less intimate than friendship
Types & categories
- relationship hypernym
Related & opposite
- acquaintance derivation
Sense 3 noun
a person with whom you are acquainted
I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- bunkmate hyponym
- campmate hyponym
- connection hyponym
- end man hyponym
- homeboy hyponym
- messmate hyponym
- pickup hyponym
- schoolmate hyponym
Related & opposite
- stranger antonym
- stranger antonym
- acquaintanceship derivation
- friendship derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | introduce |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intimate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conversantp |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | information |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquaintance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | relationship |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | stranger |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | stranger |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquaintanceship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | friendship |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bunkmate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | campmate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | connection |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | end man |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | homeboy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | messmate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pickup |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | schoolmate |