- knowingness
- noun1. having knowledge of-
he had no awareness of his mistakes
-his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
-their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
• Syn: ↑awareness, ↑consciousness, ↑cognizance, ↑cognisance• Ant: ↑incognizance (for: ↑cognizance)• Derivationally related forms:↑knowing, ↑cognisant (for: ↑cognisance), ↑cognise (for: ↑cognisance), ↑cognizant (for: ↑cognizance), ↑cognize (for: ↑cognizance), ↑conscious (for: ↑consciousness), ↑aware (for: ↑awareness)• Hypernyms: ↑knowing• Hyponyms: ↑self-awareness, ↑feel, ↑sense• Attrubites: ↑aware, ↑cognizant, ↑cognisant, ↑unaware, ↑incognizant2. shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge• Derivationally related forms: ↑knowing• Hypernyms: ↑shrewdness, ↑astuteness, ↑perspicacity, ↑perspicaciousness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.