knowing
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(satellite adjective) evidencing the possession of inside information |
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Synonyms: wise, wise to |
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(noun) clear and certain mental apprehension |
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Related Words: apprehension, awareness, cognizance, consciousness, discernment, higher cognitive process, ken, knowingness, savvy, understanding |
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(satellite adjective) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" |
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Synonyms: enlightened, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: aware, knowledgeable |
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(satellite adjective) by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time" |
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Synonyms: deliberate, intentional, wilful, willful |
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