acquaintanceship
Not quite friendship
Acquaintanceship is the state of being acquainted with someone—knowing them, but not intimately.
It describes a relationship more distant than friendship: Our acquaintanceship began at a conference and never deepened.
The word also refers to the range of people one knows: He had a wide acquaintanceship in political circles.
Preliminary section or presentation
- meetingGathering for discussion
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
- first impressionInstant assessment of someone
- small talkPolite trivial conversation
Professional associate
- coworkerFellow employee
- classmateFellow student
- neighborPerson living nearby
- contactCommunication or physical touch
peer · shopkeeper · passerby · stranger · chitchat · superficial · fleeting · informal
Curved closed shape
- communityCollective of connected people
- clubOrganization with membership
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- groupAssembled collection of things
membership · affiliation · congregation · associates · companions · peers · cohort · fellowship
Perceiving something as known
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- cognizanceState of knowing something
perception · recall · remembrance · identification · face recognition · name recognition
Building professional relationships
- contactsPeople you know professionally
- schmoozingCasual strategic socializing
- minglingCasual social interaction
- liaisingCommunicating between parties
collaborating · partnering · conferencing · introducing · recommending · endorsing · outreach · referral
introduction
Preliminary section or presentation
- meetingGathering for discussion
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
- first impressionInstant assessment of someone
small talk · exchange · greeting · handshake · crossing paths
colleague
Professional associate
contact · peer · shopkeeper · passerby · stranger · chitchat · superficial · fleeting · informal · occasional
circle
Curved closed shape
- communityCollective of connected people
- clubOrganization with membership
- societyOrganized communal human existence
group · membership · affiliation · congregation · associates · companions · peers · cohort · fellowship · gathering
recognition
Perceiving something as known
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- understandingMental comprehension of something
cognizance · perception · recall · remembrance · identification · face recognition · name recognition
networking
Building professional relationships
- contactsPeople you know professionally
- schmoozingCasual strategic socializing
- minglingCasual social interaction
liaising · collaborating · partnering · conferencing · introducing · recommending · endorsing · outreach · referral · business card
acquaintanceshipintimacy
Emotional closeness between people
closeness · brotherhood · sisterhood · companionship · kinship
acquaintanceshipsolitude
State of being alone
isolation · aloofness · estrangement · disconnection · loneliness
acquaintanceshiphostility
Antagonistic disposition toward others
enmity · antagonism · opposition · animosity · feud
acquaintance, acquaint, acquainted, unacquainted, acquainting, acquaintances, reacquainted, reacquaint, reacquainting