2. faculty, ability, ableness, talent, gift, the stuff, Inf. what it takes, U.S. Inf. the goods; skill, skillfulness, art, technique, execution, trick, hang, knack, flair; dexterity, dexterousness, adroitness, deftness, handiness,
knowing, adj. 1. shrewd, smart, sagacious, Archaic. parlous, Sl. savvy; ingenious, clever, canny, subtle, Inf. cute; artful, crafty, cunning, wily, foxy; astute, keen, acute, sharp, sharp-witted, sharp as a tack.
2. revealing, secretive, Obs. abstruse; privy to, Sl. in the know, Inf. tipped off, Inf. having the low-down.
3. profound, deep, intelligent, intelligential, brainy; erudite, scholarly, literary, lettered, enlightened, cultured, cultivated; learned, knowledgeable, versed, well-read, well-informed, well-posted, well-educated, well-schooled, well-instructed, well-taught; discerning, perspicacious, perceptive, percipient, apperceptive; sage, wise, sapient, sapiential, Solomonic, gash; rational, logical, reasonable; judicious, circumspect, prudent, politic, discreet, sensible, sound.
4. aware, sophisticated, worldly, worldly wise, Sl. wise, Fr. au courant, Sl. hip, Sl. with it, Sl. on the ball.
5. intentional, intended, deliberate, willful, purposeful, on purpose, by design; conscious, cognizant, witting, sensible, meaning.
knowingly, adv. intentionally, with intent, deliberately, willfully, purposefully, on purpose; designedly, by design, determinedly, calculatedly, studiously, studiedly; wittingly, mindfully, consciously, with one's eyes wide open, meaningfully.
know-it-all, n. 1. fountain of knowledge, mine of information, storehouse, Inf. walking encyclopedia, Sir Oracle, aphorist, Inf. know-all; egotist, egoist, egomaniac; Sl. blow-hard, blusterer, swaggerer, braggart, boaster, ranter, Sl. mouth, Sl. windbag.
-adj. 2. pretentious, arrogant, inflated, egotistical, egomaniacal, conceited; oracular, sententious; blustery, blusterous, swaggering, bragging, boastful, ranting, mouthy, talkative.
knowledge, n. 1. erudition, scholarship, education, schooling, instruction, tuition, learning, letters, book learning; sciolism, smattering.
2. acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, intimacy; intelligence, sense, understanding, Sl. savvy, appreciation, appreciativeness; sophistication, expertise, expertness, proficiency, adeptness; experience, know-how, savoir-faire.
3. awareness, consciousness, Obs. conscience, cognizance, ken; knowingness, certainty, determination, assuredness, positiveness; conviction, avowal, affirmation, belief, opinion, judgment; instinct, second sense, foreknowledge, foresight, prescience.
4. cognition, comprehension, discernment, conception, grasp, Inf. fix; perception, apprehension, intuition, sixth sense, impression; recognition, notice, detection, discovery, lesson; insight, realization, enlightenment, revelation; admission, acknowledgment.
5. information, facts, data, news, tidings, word; sidelight, gossip, hearsay, rumor, Inf. scuttlebutt, talk; intelligence, privity, inside information, Inf. low-down, Sl. dope, tip, Inf. tip-off.