omniscient narrator

noun

A narrator with an overarching perspective, seeing and knowing everything that happens within the world of the story, including what each of the characters is thinking and feeling.

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Meanings

nounomniscient narrator (plural omniscient narrators)

plural omniscient narrators

  1. literary theoryhuman sciencesA narrator with an overarching perspective, seeing and knowing everything that happens within the world of the story, including what each of the characters is thinking and feeling.

Translations

Finnish kaikkitietävä kertoja
  • kaikkitietävä kertojaTranslations
French narrateur omniscient
  • narrateur omniscientTranslations
Polish narrator wszechwiedzący
  • narrator wszechwiedzącyTranslations
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APA

omniscient narrator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omniscient%20narrator

MLA

“omniscient narrator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omniscient%20narrator. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “omniscient narrator,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omniscient%20narrator.

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