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Knowing

Knowing Meaning & Definition
Knowing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Knowing?

[n] clear and certain mental apprehension
[adj] highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"
[adj] evidencing the possession of inside information
[adj] alert and fully informed; "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"
[adj] by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Knowing: aware(p) | deliberate | educated | enlightened | informed | intended | intentional | knowledgeable | learned | lettered | well-educated | well-read | wilful | willful | wise to(p) | wise(p)

Related Terms | Find terms related to Knowing: acute | advised | aimed | aimed at | alive | all-knowing | apperceptive | appercipient | apprehending | apprehensive | arch | artful | astute | awake | aware | blase | brainy | bright | brilliant | broad-minded | Byzantine | cagey | calculated | calculating | canny | clever | cognizant | comprehending | conceptive | conceptual | conscious | considered | conspiratorial | conspiratory | contemplated | conversant | cosmopolitan | cosmopolite | crafty | cunning | cute | deceitful | deep | deep-laid | deliberate | deliberated | designed | designing | devious | diplomatic | discerning | discursive | disenchanted | disillusioned | eloquent | envisaged | envisioned | experienced | expert | expressive | feline | foxy | gnostic | guileful | hep | ideational | ingenious | insidious | insightful | intellectual | intelligent | intended | intentional | inventive | knowledgable | knowledgeable | learned | Machiavellian | Machiavellic | mature | matured | meaningful | meant | meditated | mindful | mondaine | nimble-witted | noetic | not born yesterday | not so dumb | observant | of design | old | omniscient | pawky | perceptive | percipient | perspicacious | planned | politic | practiced | prehensile | private | profound | projected | proposed | purposed | purposeful | purposive | qualified | quick | quick-witted | rational | ready | reasonable | resourceful | ripe | ripened | sagacious | sage | sane | sapient | scheming | seasoned | secret | sensible | sentient | serpentine | sharp | sharp-witted | shifty | shrewd | significant | slick | slippery | sly | smart | smooth | snaky | sneaky | sophic | sophistical | sophisticate | sophisticated | stealthy | strategic | strong-minded | studied | subtile | subtle | supple | tactical | teleological | trickish | tricksy | tricky | tried | tried and true | understanding | veteran | vigilant | voluntary | vulpine | wary | watchful | well-informed | willful | wily | wise | wise as Solomon | witting | worldly | worldly-wise | world-wise

See Also | apprehension | awareness | cognisance | cognizance | consciousness | discernment | foresight | higher cognitive process | ken | knowingness | prevision | savvy | understanding

Knowing In Webster's Dictionary

\Know"ing\, a. 1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog. The knowing and intelligent part of the world. --South. 2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]
\Know"ing\, n. Knowledge; hence, experience. `` In my knowing.'' --Shak. This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. --Shak.

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