nodding acquaintance
Recognize, barely know
A nodding acquaintance is someone you recognize well enough to acknowledge with a nod but don't know personally: He's just a nodding acquaintance from the gym.
The phrase also describes superficial familiarity with a subject: I have only a nodding acquaintance with French.
Expression of welcome
- helloCommon spoken greeting
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- smilePleased facial expression
- nodBrief head tilt
recognition · acknowledge · passing · casual · superficial · brief · fleeting · small talk
Lacking depth or substance
- cursoryHasty and incomplete
- slightMinor or thin
- passingMoving by or temporary
- basicFundamental in nature
limited · shallow · vague · peripheral · rudimentary · nominal · sketchy · introductory
greeting
Expression of welcome
nod · recognition · acknowledge · passing · casual · superficial · brief · fleeting · small talk · familiar face
superficial
Lacking depth or substance
basic · limited · shallow · vague · peripheral · rudimentary · nominal · sketchy · introductory · surface-level
- acquaintancescasual friend, familiar face, associate, social contact, contact
nodding acquaintanceclose friend
Intimate, trusted companion
best friend · bosom buddy · confidant · soulmate · kindred spirit
nodded, nodding, acquaint, acquaints, acquainted, acquainting, acquaintance, acquaintances, acquaintanceship