Knowledge

Quick meaning: Knowledge is a noun meaning The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.

Meaning

The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.

More Meanings

1. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
2. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
3. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
4. (philosophical) Justified true belief
5. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
6. (archaic or law) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
7. (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice.

Example Sentences

He has a lot of knowledge on the Indus Valley Civilization.

Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphs, perchance?

His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel.

Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions.

Word Forms

• knowledges
• knolege
• knowlage
• knowleche
• knowledg
• knowlege
• knowliche
• knowlych
• knowlech
• knoleche
• knoleige
• knowlache
• knolych
• knowledging
• knowledged

Synonyms for knowledge

Depending on context, synonyms include awareness, cognizance, ken, knowingness, learning, cognition.

Antonyms for knowledge

Common opposites include ignorance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cognition, knowhow, knowledgeable, cognisance, informed, learned.

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