Acquaintance
Acquaintance noun - Knowledge gained by personal experience.
Best friend and acquaintance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Best friend" instead a noun "Acquaintance".
Best friend
Best friend noun - The one friend who is closest to you.
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Synonyms for Best friend
Acquaintance and best friend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acquaintance" instead a noun phrase "Best friend".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- friend and acquaintance
- friend and best friend
- intimate and acquaintance
- intimate and best friend
- familiar and acquaintance
- familiar and best friend
- partner and acquaintance
- partner and best friend
- companion and acquaintance
- companion and best friend
- associate and acquaintance
- associate and best friend
- confidante and acquaintance
- confidante and best friend
Both terms in one sentence
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She also tries to get him to drop Jack, his best friend, as his heart surgeon in favor of an acquaintance of hers who is at the top of the field.
Source: My Beloved Smother - Her best friend Jane, as well as acquaintance Jodie couldn't get her out.
Source: Dumbass Has a Point -
She happens to be an old acquaintance of Shigure, Hatori and Ayame, by virtue of being Kana(Hatori's ex-fiance)'s best friend and is in love - and by the end of the series, most likely on her way to being an Official Couple - with Hatori.
Source: Manga / Fruits Basket
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