KNOWS Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

knows 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of know

as in understands

to have a practical understanding of a career diplomat who knows several languages a fan who really knows baseball

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as in undergoes

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it knows full well how nerve-racking it can be to speak in public

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as in recognizes

to have a clear idea of I think I know what you're trying to say

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noun

plural of know

as in information

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Recent Examples of knows

Verb

Each person knows it, knows that the others know it, and so on indefinitely. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026 But the Chargers’ new offensive coordinator knows his unit must show urgency and improvement Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders after a rude wake-up call in the season opener. — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Every Southerner knows the appetizer spread is the star of any party. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026 Alom knows that from firsthand experience, including her time training at the Silver Garden studio in downtown Miami before opening her own space. — Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026 Your phone already knows how to keep you home and entertained for hours. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Hamer, who scored twice in the first three minutes Thursday night, knows all about what Scanlan is handling this fall. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 This is a woman who knows herself, and her work with Ryan Murphy‘s Monster franchise is testament to that. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 Brown, who was the head coach at Troy from 2015 to 2018 and West Virginia from 2019-2024, at least knows the realities of coaching a Group of Six program. — Mac Engel september 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knows

Verb

Deadline understands that 11% of staff in BBC Media Tech applied for voluntary redundancy, but only 40% (the 151 figure) can be accepted.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Meta's Edge Meta, thanks to Facebook and Instagram in particular, understands how human beings interact with one another online.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of understands

Verb

The experiments showed that BCF undergoes degradation after accepting an electron.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Plans for Macabre Cinema, the third West Bottoms attraction owned and operated by Full Moon Productions, have yet to be finalized as its building undergoes redevelopment.

— Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of undergoes

Verb

The constitution recognizes the right to vote for Moroccans living abroad, but there is no voting by mail or ballot boxes at Moroccan consulates.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Related Stories Berger will receive the Evolution Vision Award, which recognizes narrative excellence reflecting the mission of building bridges between cultures and people.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of recognizes

Noun

The top Democrats on the House Oversight and Natural Resources Committees plus the Senate Armed Services Committee have already requested more information about Vulcan and Reelement as well as NABEP, respectively.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The man's family has struggled to get any information from the hospital about his status or location, Lincoln-Goldfinch said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of information

Verb

The brain’s surface has ridges and valleys, and CTE tangles are found in the depths of those valleys, called the cortical sulci, and surround blood vessels.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Packers lose lineman Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Zach Bako-Bewele has a torn patellar tendon and expects to miss the rest of the season.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of has

Verb

Surely, The New York Times suggests in its review of the book, Green sees himself in Juniper’s need to be taken seriously as an adult.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Naish looks at that long curved snout and sees an ibis, one of the wading birds with a slender downcurved bill.

— Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of sees

Noun

Americans deserve the facts and can decide for themselves whether this looks like acceptable governance or something closer to self-dealing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Eventually, though, when Monster has to start fitting its story into the actual facts of the case, characterizations get shakier and more contradictory.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of facts

Verb

The underlying need may be compliance support, but that’s rarely how the buyer experiences the problem.

— Laiba Tariq, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Earth experiences two equinoxes each year — the first in March and the second in September — when the sun crosses the celestial equator, an imaginary line in the sky directly above Earth's equator.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026