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Synonyms for knowledge
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nol-ij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒl ɪdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for knowledge Other synonyms for the word knowledge
- accomplishments
- acquaintance
- apprehension
- attainments
- cognition
- comprehension
- consciousness
- dirt
- discernment
- doctrine
- dogma
- dope
- enlightenment
- erudition
- facts
- goods
- inside story
- instruction
- learning
- light
- lore
- observation
- philosophy
- picture
- power
- principles
- proficiency
- recognition
- scholarship
- schooling
- science
- scoop
- substance
- theory
- tuition
- wisdom
Définition of knowledge
Origin :- early 12c., cnawlece "acknowledgment of a superior, honor, worship;" for first element see know. Second element obscure, perhaps from Scandinavian and cognate with the -lock "action, process," found in wedlock. Meaning "capacity for knowing, understanding; familiarity; fact of knowing" is late 14c. Sense of "an organized body of facts or teachings" is from c.1400, as is that of "sexual intercourse." Also a verb in Middle English, knoulechen "acknowledge" (c.1200), later "find out about; recognize," and "to have sexual intercourse with" (c.1300).
- noun person's understanding; information
- But for the knowledge that he was a prisoner, Robert would have enjoyed his present situation.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- And to tempt him there was this new mystery, this knowledge that he could not miss.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- We summon all our knowledge of the past and we scan all signs of the future.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- So I said I didn't love her to save her from the knowledge of this horror.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- My mind was the richer merely by the knowledge that it was there.
- Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He measured your blindness and weakness by the standard of His own knowledge and almightiness.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Error in speculative doctrine not impious - nor knowledge pious.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- Not being a knowledge of the whole truth it should be humble, tolerant, and eager to expand.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It was the fruit of experience, of knowledge, of demonstration.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- A bank's not the place to get the knowledge of business necessary for that sort of thing.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Antonyms for knowledge
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