acquainted

[uh-kweyn-tid]

adjective

1. having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed bywith ).

   to be acquainted with law.

2. brought into social contact; made familiar.

   people acquainted through mutual friends.

acquainted

/ əˈkweɪntɪd /

adjective

1. (sometimes foll by with) on terms of familiarity but not intimacy

2. (foll by with) having knowledge or experience (of); familiar (with)

Other Word Forms

• acquaintedness noun
• half-acquainted adjective
• quasi-acquainted adjective
• unacquainted adjective
• well-acquainted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of acquainted¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; acquaint + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Jones is well acquainted with heavy prep work — for “CODA,” she learned American Sign Language to play the only hearing member of the Rossi family and how to fish.

From Los Angeles Times

And selling papers in front of the prestigious Sciences-Po university, he was acquainted with generations of future politicians – like President Macron.

From BBC

“It’s a sport that people are still getting acquainted with, so we don’t want to have that barrier to people trying our sports by saying it’s members-only,” Potter said.

From Los Angeles Times

Shiraishi later admitted to murdering nine suicidal victims and revealed that he got acquainted with them on Twitter, the social media platform now known as X.

From BBC

Keller is intimately acquainted with that kind of challenge.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• abreast 
• conversant 
• informed