Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "knowledge" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

ignorance

Typical Location

book class encyclopedia head library meeting university

Capable Of

advance mankind allow one to laugh at oneself change people greatly increase value make person happy make person sad open human mind open mind seed ideas

Causes Desire

gain more land go to school understand better

Coordinate Terms

knowledgeability

Defined As

first step to solving problem mind's grasp of reality

Derived Terms

Nelsonian knowledge a little knowledge is a dangerous thing acknowledge afterknowledge anti-knowledge antiknowledge beknowledge book-knowledge content knowledge counterknowledge elite ball knowledge ethnoknowledge foreknowledge gendered knowledge interknowledge knowledgable knowledge base knowledge domain knowledge engineer knowledge engineering knowledge graph knowledge is power knowledge management knowledge map knowledge mining knowledge society knowledge work knowledge worker knowledge-box knowledgeable knowledgeful knowledgeless knowledgelike knowledgement meta-knowledge metaknowledge misknowledge naughty knowledge nonknowledge personal knowledge base personal knowledge management personal knowledge management system preknowledge principle of least knowledge protoknowledge red flag knowledge safe in the knowledge self-knowledge sphere of knowledge superknowledge theory of knowledge to my knowledge to one's knowledge to the best of one's knowledge tree of knowledge unknowledge zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse zero-knowledge zero-knowledge proof

Derived From

know

Etymologically Related To

freelage

Context

legal philosophical uk

Prerequisites

thought

Has Property

power powerful unlimited

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

psychological feature

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

background knowledge book knowledge carnal knowledge common knowledge foreknowledge general knowledge interknowledge metaknowledge prior knowledge protoknowledge public knowledge reading knowledge red flag knowledge scientific knowledge stock knowledge traditional knowledge working knowledge

Type Of (IsA)

applied information formed through education good nor bad good thing information power power if used correctly powerful thing see patterns in everything

Part Of

innovation understanding

Receives Action

converted to money converted to power gained through experience

Related Terms

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 490. Knowledge Internet analysis assumption authority axiom belief book broad certainty cloud communication compendium conviction critical rationalism curve fitting data data database debate declarative deduction deep demonstrate demonstration derivation dialogue dictionary doctrine education empiricism encyclopedia encyclopedic epistemology erudition erudition estimate evidence experiment expert expertise explicit exploration extensive extrapolation falsification falsificationism forget general guess guesstimate guesswork hypothesis idea induction inductivism inference information information innate inquiry instrumentation interpolation intuition justification know know-how know-how knowing law learn learnedness library logic logical positivism memory mind model observation opine opinion paragraph parent perception perception philosophy positivism positivity postulate practical preference principle private procedural proof prove public publication rationalism record refutation remember rule saying school science scientific sensation sense sentence server skepticism special specialized study superficial tacit taste teacher teaching test theorem theoretical theory thought trial truth understanding useful utterance verification verificationism view wisdom wisdom working worldview write down

Related Terms

acknowledge acknowledgement awareness brain carnal knowledge central complete confess course data driver education england epistemology erudition familiarity gathered gathered intelligence information intelligence intercourse is power know know how knowing known london notice perception place power prospective route science significant study taxi taxicab wisdom

Synonym Network

acquaintance acquirement apprehension attainments awareness cognition cognizance command comprehension consciousness discernment enlightenment erudition judgement ken knowingness learning mastery notice perception prescience recognition scholarship science understanding wit

Used For

cutting

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