ACQUAINTANCESHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acquaintanceship mean? 

• ACQUAINTANCESHIP (noun)
  The noun ACQUAINTANCESHIP has 1 sense:

1. a relationship less intimate than friendship

  Familiarity information: ACQUAINTANCESHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACQUAINTANCESHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A relationship less intimate than friendship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acquaintance; acquaintanceship

Hypernyms ("acquaintanceship" is a kind of...):

relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)

Derivation:

acquaintance (a person with whom you are acquainted)

 Context examples 

I have already spoken them through my window to begin acquaintanceship.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)