acquainted

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US, UK/əˈkweɪntɪd/Australia/əˈkwæɪntəd/

adjective

Personally known; familiar.

Similar
familiar
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Meanings

adjectiveacquainted (comparative more acquainted, superlative most acquainted)

comparative more acquainted · superlative most acquainted

  1. oftenPersonally known; familiar.

    I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light.

    1927, Robert Frost, “Acquainted with the Night”, in The Poems of Robert Frost: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, published 1946, →OCLC, stanza 1
    1 more example

    Suppoſe, therefore, a Perſon to have enjoy'd his Sight for thirty Years, and to have become perfectly well acquainted with Colours of all kinds, excepting one particular Shade of Blue, for Inſtance, which it never has been his Fortune to meet with.

    1748, [David Hume], “Essay II. Of the Origin of Ideas.”, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 26
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of acquaint

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving fair knowledge of

Similar
familiar
Also see
acquaintancedau faitfamiliar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Danish bekendt
  • bekendtfamiliar
Dutch bekend
  • bekendfamiliar
Finnish tutustunut, perehtynyt
  • tutustunutfamiliar
  • perehtynytfamiliar
German bekannt
  • bekanntfamiliar
Greek γνωστός, εξοικειωμένος
  • γνωστός (gnostós)familiar
  • εξοικειωμένος (exoikeioménos)familiar
Hindi परिचित
  • परिचित (paricit)familiar
Hungarian ismer, jártas
  • ismerfamiliar
  • jártasfamiliar
Irish aithne a bheith agat, eolas a bheith agat ar
  • aithne a bheith agatfamiliar
  • eolas a bheith agat arfamiliar
  • aitheantachfamiliar
Italian familiare
  • familiarefamiliar
Norwegian Bokmål kjent
  • kjentfamiliar
Polish zaznajomiony
  • zaznajomionyfamiliar
Portuguese conhecido
  • conhecidofamiliar
Russian знако́мый
  • знако́мый (znakómyj)familiar
Scottish Gaelic eòlach
  • eòlachfamiliar
Spanish conocido, familiarizado
  • conocidofamiliar
  • familiarizadofamiliar
  • al tantofamiliar
  • al corrientefamiliar
  • al díafamiliar
Swedish bekant
  • bekantfamiliar
Cite this entry
APA

acquainted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquainted

MLA

“acquainted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquainted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acquainted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquainted.

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