omniscient
Aware of everything
Omniscient means all-knowing, possessing complete or infinite knowledge.
The word applies primarily to God or gods: an omniscient deity who sees all.
In literature, an omniscient narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters: The novel uses an omniscient third-person point of view.
Informally, it describes someone who seems to know everything, often with a hint of irony: My mother was practically omniscient—she always knew when I was lying.
Having complete awareness
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- enlightenedPossessing profound insight
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- learnedHaving much knowledge
knowledgeable · sapient · cognizant · comprehensive · encyclopedic · understanding · awareness · insight
Having complete power
- creatorOne who produces something
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- providenceDivine protective care
all-seeing · supreme · infallible · eternal · transcendent · all-powerful · heavenly · celestial
Grammatical category for others
- authorialOf a writer
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- limitedRestricted in extent
- objectivePurpose or goal
subjective · perspective · viewpoint · storytelling · narrative · point-of-view · voice · focalization
Foretelling future events
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
prognostication · prophecy · premonition · divination · foretelling · precognition · anticipation · foreknowledge
Central-view prison structure
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- all-seeingPerceiving everything at once
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
- OrwellianEvoking oppressive surveillance states
totalitarian · dystopian · CCTV · tracking · data-mining · oversight · vigilance · ubiquitous
all-knowing
Having complete awareness
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- enlightenedPossessing profound insight
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
learned · knowledgeable · sapient · cognizant · comprehensive · encyclopedic · understanding · awareness · insight · perception
almighty
Having complete power
- creatorOne who produces something
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
providence · all-seeing · supreme · infallible · eternal · transcendent · all-powerful · heavenly · celestial · sovereign
third-person
Grammatical category for others
- authorialOf a writer
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- limitedRestricted in extent
objective · subjective · perspective · viewpoint · storytelling · narrative · point-of-view · voice · focalization · intrusive
prophetic
Foretelling future events
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
visionary · prognostication · prophecy · premonition · divination · foretelling · precognition · anticipation · foreknowledge · sibyl
panopticon
Central-view prison structure
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- all-seeingPerceiving everything at once
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
Orwellian · totalitarian · dystopian · CCTV · tracking · data-mining · oversight · vigilance · ubiquitous · inescapable
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, books
- literary elementsplot, character, setting, theme, narrator
- Heavenlycelestial, divine, eternal, paradise, halo
- literary devicesmetaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, alliteration
- literary termsmetaphor, character analysis, symbolism, prologue, epilogue
omniscientignorant
Lacking knowledge or awareness
unknowing · uninformed · clueless · unaware · nescient
omniscientlimited
Restricted in extent
narrow-minded · short-sighted · myopic · blinkered · blind
omniscientfallible
Capable of error
error-prone · mistaken · unreliable · deceived · uncertain
- omniscient narratorStoryteller with unlimited knowledge