Acquaintance Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.YOU MAY ALSO LIKE ยปAn acquaintance is someone we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.Impartial. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.