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- [noh it awl]
- /noʊ ɪt ɔl/
- /nəʊ ɪt ɔːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [noh it awl]
- /noʊ ɪt ɔl/
Definitions of know-it-all word
- 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
- noun know-it-all person: clever, arrogant 1
- countable noun know-it-all If you say that someone is a know-it-all, you are critical of them because they think that they know a lot more than other people. 0
- adjective know-it-all pretending or claiming to know much about almost everything 0
- noun know-it-all a know-it-all person 0
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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
Historical Comparancy
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.
According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms 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
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