Antonyms for unknowing

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-noh-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈnoʊ ɪŋ

Definition of unknowing

Origin : c.1300, "without knowledge, ignorant," from un- (1) "not" + present participle of know (v.). Noun meaning "ignorance" is mid-14c. Related: Unknowingly.

adj unaware

Example sentences :

I hadn't returned it, after all; had been gripping it all the time, unknowing.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

"Nowhere on earth, Esther," replied David, unknowing why he said so.
Extract from : « An Old Woman's Tale » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

They were unknowing in the art of disguising their feelings.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

It was as though all unknowing I had heard a whisper or seen something.
Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad

But for thee I should have passed away, unknowing the glory of manhood.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

But, knowing or unknowing, he repeated his cry, and was answered.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

Unknowing that he had read her thought, she found her voice and whispered: "Yes!"
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

The unknowing ones and Gosse murmur, and cry on their man to let out.
Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed

It was an act that does not bear the close scrutiny of the unknowing mob.
Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 » by Elbert Hubbard

This was what I had fled from, unknowing the source of my panic, the night before.
Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram

Synonyms for unknowing

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