know-it-all
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈnoʊ ɪt ɔl/
- Offensive
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- Kids in his class don't always appreciate Jack's supersmarts; sometimes he acts like a know-it-all.
And the fourth sort of situation, when you're with the know it all narcissist, learn from it.
- And the fourth sort of situation, when you're with the know it all narcissist, learn from it.
- It's not that he's a know it all, he's just thought about so many things.
- Just go ahead and say you're a grandstanding know it all and save us the time.
- And so again, if you go at the, the climate as a know it all, I, I know you don't listen up, it's going to fail.
- And so they would just say be, you know, a real handsome guy would come out and say the one thing you don't want to be is the know it all salesman like this guy.
- And you bring them into the conversation as opposed to being the know it all parent because you didn't grow up with social media.
- Young Sheldon is a know it all germaphobe that thinks he's always right now, given given he is always right.
- I did not write this book as a married know it all I I've started this book from a place of being heartbroken.
Examples
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At the age when you think you know it all, you judge everything and everyone.
Blog text (11) -
- You know, he was, he was always a know-it-all, always acting like he was better than the rest of us.
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I think it's because she's kind of a know-it-all herself.
Fiction book (2002) -
She's such a know-it-all.
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Samantha was fifteen going on thirty, a know-it-all who didn't take kindly to being treated like a child.
Fiction book (1999) -
His constant interruptions made him seem like a know-it-all during the meeting.
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Everyone finds it hard to engage in conversation with her because she often comes off as a know-it-all.
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At the party, he acted like a total know-it-all, sharing unsolicited advice on everything.
Synonyms
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7.7
A person who acts like they know everything and annoys others
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7.7
A person who acts like they have all the answers and won't listen to others
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7.5
A person who acts as if they know everything and annoys others
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9.6
A person who acts as if they know everything and annoys others
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8.5
A person who shows off knowledge and annoys others
A person who annoys others by acting like they know everything and making sarcastic remarks
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Etymology
Know-it-all is built from the simple words know and all, literally like someone who 'knows everything'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a person who always answers and acts as if they 'know it all', which is why the word means an annoying person who behaves like they know everything.