Synonyms of knowingness

knowingness

noun

as in intelligence

exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters

all the knowingness that comes from 20 years in the police department was evident in his appraisal of the situation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intelligence
• wit
• insight
• wisdom
• astuteness
• acumen
• shrewdness
• intellect
• canniness
• clear-sightedness
• caginess
• keenness
• sense
• hardheadedness
• perceptivity
• foxiness
• perceptiveness
• perception
• discernment
• sharpness
• sagacity
• sagaciousness
• percipience
• reason
• sapience
• cunning
• artfulness
• subtlety
• slyness
• deviousness
• slickness
• wiliness
• sneakiness
• subtleness
• guile
• sageness
• craftiness
• artifice
• brain(s)
• gray matter
• craft

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• naïveté
• ingenuousness
• artlessness
• innocence
• guilelessness
• unworldliness
• greenness
• naiveness
• simplicity
• simplemindedness
• unsophistication
• simpleness
• density
• mindlessness
• obtuseness
• stupidity
• slowness
• foolishness
• vacuity
• witlessness
• brainlessness
• dopiness
• fatuity
• dumbness
• stupidness
• oafishness
• senselessness
• doltishness
• half-wittedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of knowingness

As with this trilogy’s previous installment, Depardon here depicts the hardships ofthe modern farmer with empathy but also a wry knowingness regarding the changing of the times. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026

At other times, the writers’ knowingness was fed by rage. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025