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

Selman has been able to add a layer of camp on top that gives its boudoir romp ethos a layer of knowingness. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

In his short tenure on the show (before decamping along with Lorne Michaels and the rest of the cast after the fifth season), Murray exhibited a knowingness that turned his sketches into winking star vehicles. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2026

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