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- US Pronunciation
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- [noh it awl]
- /noʊ ɪt ɔl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [noh it awl]
- /noʊ ɪt ɔl/
Definitions of know it all words
- noun know it all a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others. 1
- adjective know it all of or characteristic of a know-it-all. 1
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Origin of know it all
First appearance:
before 1930 One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35
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Parts of speech for Know it all
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
know it all popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for know it all
noun know it all
- wise guy — Informal. a cocksure, conceited, and often insolent person; smart aleck: He has a reputation for being a wise guy.
- smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- braggart — a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger
adj know it all
- haughty — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- imperious — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- aloof — Someone who is aloof is not very friendly and does not like to spend time with other people.
Antonyms for know it all
adj know it all
- timid — lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- unsure — not certain or confident: He arrived at the party unsure of his welcome.
- meek — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- servile — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
- humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
noun know it all
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
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