Knowing
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Knowing describes awareness or understanding—possessing knowledge of something: a knowing smile, a knowing glance.
Such expressions suggest the person is in on a secret or understands more than they're saying.
Knowing can also mean deliberate or intentional: a knowing violation of the rules.
The word often implies shrewdness or worldly awareness rather than mere information.
Mental comprehension of something
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- realizationGrasping what's true
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
perception · insight · grasp · familiarity · acquaintance · cognizance · mindfulness · sentience
Innate behavioral tendency
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
intuition · feeling · sensing · innate · tacit · implicit · unspoken · subconscious
Person slightly known
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- connectionA joining or relation
rapport · closeness · friendship · bond · relationship · introduction · meeting · contact
Complete skill or control
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
scholarship · erudition · learning · wisdom · command · fluency · specialization · authority
Total absence of doubt
- truthAccordance with reality
- beliefTrust held as true
- justificationReason proving rightness
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
proof · verification · confirmation · conviction · assurance · confidence · doubt · inquiry
Done on purpose
- consciousMentally present and alert
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
- purposefulDone with intention
witting · aware · planned · premeditated · studied · considered · measured · thoughtful
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- realizationGrasping what's true
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
comprehension · perception · insight · grasp · familiarity · acquaintance · cognizance · mindfulness · sentience · alertness
instinct
Innate behavioral tendency
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
sixth sense · intuition · feeling · sensing · innate · tacit · implicit · unspoken · subconscious · visceral
acquaintance
Person slightly known
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
connection · rapport · closeness · friendship · bond · relationship · introduction · meeting · contact · association
mastery
Complete skill or control
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- skillAcquired ability through practice
expertise · scholarship · erudition · learning · wisdom · command · fluency · specialization · authority · adeptness
certainty
Total absence of doubt
- truthAccordance with reality
- beliefTrust held as true
- justificationReason proving rightness
evidence · proof · verification · confirmation · conviction · assurance · confidence · doubt · inquiry · investigation
intentional
Done on purpose
- consciousMentally present and alert
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
purposeful · witting · aware · planned · premeditated · studied · considered · measured · thoughtful · shrewd
- Disaster Films2012, Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, The Towering Inferno
- Nicolas Cage FilmsFace/Off, The Rock, Ghost Rider, Leaving Las Vegas, Raising Arizona
Knowingignorance
Absence of knowledge
unknowing · not knowing · ignorant · unaware · clueless
Knowingunknowing
Lacking awareness or information
unwitting · unintentional · accidental · innocent · naive
Knowingsequel
Continuation of prior work
follow-up · continuation · franchise film · remake · adaptation
- knowing betterHaving superior judgment
- knowing lookExpression conveying shared understanding
- not knowingAbsence of awareness
- knowing someoneHaving prior acquaintance
- knowing smile
- knowing one's stuffBeing genuinely skilled