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How to refer to people you recently met (names have been introduced and a short discussion made). We can't possibly call them friends, can we?

He raises his eyes to look at his (friends?)
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    Rise is intransitive, raise transitive. The sun rises, but ones raises questions or hopes or eyes.
    – tchrist ♦
    Feb 21, 2015 at 21:04

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He raises his eyes to look at his new acquaintances?

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  • Yep, "new acquaintance" is the term.
    – Hot Licks
    Feb 21, 2015 at 21:52
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If the setting is purely social, then David Garner's new acquaintances is just fine. There are other settings, however, where simply being introduced is all that is required to establish membership in a group, and (at least to an outsider) being new to the group is probably unimportant. Teammates, coworkers, colleagues, and co-conspirators would all seem to fit this usage.

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