know-everything

noun

Definitions

  1. Synonym of know-it-all.

    • There is Mali, there is Guinea, you are about to say— but our loans to Mali and Guinea, my young know-everythings, are like fish to vultures; the stomach remains empty.
    • Even with the best screening methods, the loud talkers, the silent ones, and the know-everythings still may show up, for the world is full of these.
    • Why is the "know-everything" so afraid of the autonomy of others, and the "know-nothing" so afraid of his own autonomy?
  2. A highly knowledgeable person

    A highly knowledgeable person; expert.

    • Lots of people are like that in our business, trying to act like complete know-everythings.
    • In the nineteenth century, Twain was the know-everything traveller, who made his homeland seem doubly attractive by so engagingly representing its energy and creativity.
    • The guard is being instructed by indoor guard know-everythings and will # about 22 or so

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for know-everything. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA