Meanings
- not comparableKnowing everything: all facts, all actions taken by everyone, and so on.
Near-synonyms: all-seeing, omnivident
1 more example
She waited on her horse passive and all-knowing.
1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 19Synonyms: omniscient, all-seeing, omnivident
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveKnowing everything: all facts, all actions taken by everyone, and so on.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinfinitely wise
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinomnisciens
- Englishall-knowing
From all- + knowing. Partially a calque of Latin omnisciens (literally “all-knowing”)
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