Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

Verb

Preposition

The word "knowing" can be used as adjective, adjective, noun, verb and preposition.

Word Relationships

Causes Desire

take final exams

Derived Terms

all-knowing foreknowing knowingly knowingness overknowing self-knowing unknowing

Derived From

knowledge

Inflected/Variant Forms

know

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

higher cognitive process

Type Of (IsA)

believing higher cognitive process intentional mental state

Related Terms

awareness clever deliberate intelligent know knowledge possessing private shrewd suggestive understanding

Similar Terms

educated informed intended

Synonym Network

intentional knowledgeable wise to

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.