acquaint | (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: introduce, present |
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(verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: familiarise, familiarize |
(verb) inform | - |
acquaintance | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: conversance, conversancy, familiarity |
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(noun) a person with whom you are acquainted | Synonyms: friend |
(noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintanceship |
acquaintanceship | (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintance |
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acquainted | (adjective) having fair knowledge of | - |
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acquiesce | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, assent |
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acquiescence | (noun) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something | Synonyms: assent |
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(noun) acceptance without protest | - |
acquiescent | (adjective) willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest | Synonyms: biddable |
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acquirable | (adjective) capable of being acquired | - |
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acquire | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: develop, get, grow, produce |
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(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: adopt, assume, take, take on |
(verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
(verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: larn, learn |
(verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract | Synonyms: get |
(verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: gain, win |
(verb) locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar | - |
acquired | (adjective) gotten through environmental forces | - |
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acquirement | (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquisition, attainment, skill |
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acquirer | (noun) a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock | - |
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(noun) the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card | - |
(noun) a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee | Synonyms: merchant bank |
(noun) a person who acquires something (usually permanently) | - |
acquiring | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: getting |
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acquisition | (noun) the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | - |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, skill |
(noun) the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge | Synonyms: learning |
(noun) something acquired | - |
acquisitive | (adjective) eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas | - |
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acquisitiveness | (noun) strong desire to acquire and possess | - |
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acquit | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
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(verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
acquittal | (noun) a judgment of not guilty | - |
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acquittance | (noun) a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation | Synonyms: release |
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acquitted | (adjective) declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless | Synonyms: not guilty |
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jacquard | (noun) a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom | - |
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lacquer | (noun) a hard glossy coating | - |
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(noun) a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish | - |
(verb) coat with lacquer | - |
lacquerware | (noun) a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals | - |
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racquet | (noun) a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games | Synonyms: racket |
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racquetball | (noun) a game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets | - |
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(noun) the ball used in playing the game of racquetball | - |
sacque | (noun) a woman's full loose hiplength jacket | Synonyms: sack |
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unacquainted | (adjective) having little or no knowledge of | Synonyms: unacquainted with, unfamiliar with |
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(adjective) not knowledgeable about something specified | Synonyms: innocent |
unacquisitive | (adjective) not acquisitive; not interested in acquiring or owning anything | - |
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