KNOWING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • clear and certain mental apprehension
   Hypernyms(s) knowing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • higher cognitive process (what does higher cognitive process mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • awareness (what does awareness mean?)
   • consciousness (what does consciousness mean?)
   • cognizance (what does cognizance mean?)
   • cognisance (what does cognisance mean?)
   • knowingness (what does knowingness mean?)
   • cognizance (what does cognizance mean?)
   • ken (what does ken mean?)
   • prevision (what does prevision mean?)
   • foresight (what does foresight mean?)
   • prospicience (what does prospicience mean?)
   • understanding (what does understanding mean?)
   • apprehension (what does apprehension mean?)
   • discernment (what does discernment mean?)
   • savvy (what does savvy mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • know (what does know mean?)
   • cognize (what does cognize mean?)
   • cognise (what does cognise mean?)

KNOWING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • highly educated
   • having extensive information or understanding
   Synonym(s)
   • enlightened (what does enlightened mean?)
   • knowledgeable (what does knowledgeable mean?)
   • learned (what does learned mean?)
   • lettered (what does lettered mean?)
   • well-educated (what does well-educated mean?)
   • well-read (what does well-read mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an enlightened public
   • knowing instructors
   • a knowledgeable critic
   • a knowledgeable audience
   Similar To
   • educated (what does educated mean?)
2. Meaning
   • evidencing the possession of inside information
   Synonym(s)
   • wise(p) (what does wise(p) mean?)
   • wise to(p) (what does wise to(p) mean?)
   Similar To
   • informed (what does informed mean?)
3. Meaning
   • alert and fully informed
   Synonym(s)
   • aware(p) (what does aware(p) mean?)
   • knowledgeable (what does knowledgeable mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • politically aware
   • a knowing collector of rare books
   • the most…technically aware of the novelists under thirty- W.S.Graham
   • surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on
   Similar To
   • informed (what does informed mean?)
4. Meaning
   • by conscious design or purpose
   Synonym(s)
   • deliberate (what does deliberate mean?)
   • intentional (what does intentional mean?)
   • wilful (what does wilful mean?)
   • willful (what does willful mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • intentional damage
   • a knowing attempt to defraud
   • a willful waste of time
   Similar To
   • intended (what does intended mean?)