He's just a know-it-all.
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Know-it-all
//ˈnəʉ.ɪt.oːl//
Synonyms for "know-it-all" (58 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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5 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 35 languages.
Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
1 entries- kumkumsa noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Armenian
2 entries- ամենագետ noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- ամենագիտակ noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Asturian
4 entries- enteráu noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sabelotoo noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sabichegu noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sabicheru noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Basque
2 entries- sasijakintsu noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sasijakitun noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Bulgarian
1 entries- всезнайко noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Catalan
2 entries- mestretites noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- setciències noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 萬事通 /万事通 noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Czech
2 entries- rozumbrada noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- vševěd noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Danish
2 entries- besserwisser noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- klogeåge noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Dutch
2 entries- betweter noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- wijsneus noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Finnish
2 entries- besserwisser noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- kaikkitietävä noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
French
3 entries- je-sais-tout noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- ti-Jo Connaissant noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- toutologue noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Galician
2 entries- sabichona noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sabichón noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Georgian
2 entries- ყოვლისმცოდნე noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- ჭკუის კოლოფი noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
German
4 entries- Besserwisser noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- Besserwisserin noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- Klugscheißer noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- Klugscheißerin noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Greek
2 entries- ξερόλα noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- ξερόλας noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Indonesian
2 entries- sok pintar noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sok tau noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Italian
4 entries- nientologo noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sa tutto noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sapientone noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- saputello noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Japanese
1 entries- 知ったかぶりをする人 noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Macedonian
1 entries- се́знајко noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Malay
1 entries- palatao noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Māori
2 entries- ngutu huia noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- whakaputa mōhio noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- bedreviter noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- besserwisser noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- forståsegpåer noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- viktigper noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Persian
1 entries- علامه دهر noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Polish
4 entries- besserwisser noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- chłopek-roztropek noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- mądrala noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- mądraliński noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Portuguese
3 entries- sabe-tudo noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sabichona noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sabichão noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Russian
2 entries- всезна́йка noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- зна́йка noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sveznalica noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- свезналица noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Spanish
4 entries- cerebruto noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- cuñado noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sabelotodo noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- sabidillo noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- sabiso noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Swahili
1 entries- mjuba noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Swedish
2 entries- besserwisser noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- viktigpetter noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Turkish
2 entries- herbokolog noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- çok bilmiş noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Welsh
1 entries- hollwybodusyn noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
West-Frisian
2 entries- wiisnoas noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
- wiisprater noun (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Don't act like a know-it-all.
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Is know-it-all an insult or a compliment?
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Nobody likes a know-it-all.
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