Synonyms of known

known 1 of 2

adjective

as in named

Synonyms & Similar Words

• named
• specified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• one
• certain
• unidentified
• unspecified
• anonymous
• specific
• particular
• unnamed
• some
• given

known

2 of 2

verb

past participle of know

1

as in understood

to have a practical understanding of

a career diplomat who knows several languages

a fan who really knows baseball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• possessed
• appreciated
• had
• comprehended
• grasped
• followed
• perceived
• apprehended
• fathomed
• kenned
• savvied
• cognized
• caught on (to)
• picked up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misperceived
• misapprehended
• misconceived
• misknown

2

as in experienced

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

knows full well how nerve-racking it can be to speak in public

Synonyms & Similar Words

• experienced
• seen
• undergone
• witnessed
• had
• felt
• suffered
• endured
• sustained
• encountered
• tasted
• passed
• received
• gone through
• accepted
• met
• digested
• assimilated

3

as in gotten

to have a clear idea of

I think I know what you're trying to say

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• gotten
• seen
• recognized
• got
• appreciated
• realized
• sensed
• perceived
• conceived
• discerned
• comprehended
• apprehended
• deciphered
• registered
• caught
• grasped
• made
• seized
• assimilated
• beheld
• caught on (to)
• dug
• made out
• decoded
• intuited
• picked up on
• tumbled (to)
• savvied
• twigged
• compassed
• cognized
• grokked
• cottoned (to or on to)
• absorbed
• digested
• taken in
• penetrated
• pierced
• fathomed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• mistaken
• misinterpreted
• misconstrued
• misread
• misapprehended
• misperceived
• misconceived