Know-everything

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of know-it-all.

    "There is Mali, there is Guinea, you are about to say— but our loans to Mali and Guinea, my young know-everythings, are like fish to vultures; the stomach remains empty."

  2. 2
    A highly knowledgeable person; expert.

    "Lots of people are like that in our business, trying to act like complete know-everythings."

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know-it-all

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"There is Mali, there is Guinea, you are about to say— but our loans to Mali and Guinea, my young know-everythings, are like fish to vultures; the stomach remains empty."

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know-everythingism

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