acquainted

1. 1.

   having fair knowledge of

   “they were acquainted”

   “fully acquainted with the facts”

   Similarfamiliar

Questions about acquainted

What does acquainted mean?

acquainted means "having fair knowledge of".

How many syllables are in acquainted?

acquainted has 3 syllables: acq-uain-ted. The stress falls on "uain". In IPA it is /əˈkweɪntɪd/.

Is acquainted a common word?

acquainted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.