Synonyms for know
noʊknow

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. know

   Synonyms:
   ascertain, be sure, conclude, discover, prove

   Antonyms:
   conjecture, deem, guess, imagine, suppose, surmise, think

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1. know

   Synonyms:
   perceive, understand, comprehend, recognize, apprehend, distinguish

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 4 votes

1. knowverb

   the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

   "he is always in the know"

   Antonyms:
   ignore

2. know, cognize, cogniseverb

   be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

   "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, screw, live, do it, have it off, cognize, hump, bang, recognize, have intercourse, experience, sleep together, love, get it on, cognise, roll in the hay, lie with, have it away, recognise, have sex, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, be intimate, bonk, sleep with, acknowledge, make love

   Antonyms:
   ignore

3. knowverb

   know how to do or perform something

   "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, screw, live, do it, have it off, cognize, hump, bang, recognize, have intercourse, experience, sleep together, love, get it on, cognise, roll in the hay, lie with, have it away, recognise, have sex, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, be intimate, bonk, sleep with, acknowledge, make love

   Antonyms:
   ignore

4. knowverb

   be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt

   "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, screw, live, do it, have it off, cognize, hump, bang, recognize, have intercourse, experience, sleep together, love, get it on, cognise, roll in the hay, lie with, have it away, recognise, have sex, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, be intimate, bonk, sleep with, acknowledge, make love

   Antonyms:
   ignore

5. knowverb

   be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object

   "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, screw, live, do it, have it off, cognize, hump, bang, recognize, have intercourse, experience, sleep together, love, get it on, cognise, roll in the hay, lie with, have it away, recognise, have sex, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, be intimate, bonk, sleep with, acknowledge, make love

   Antonyms:
   ignore

6. know, experience, liveverb

   have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

   "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"

   Synonyms:
   dwell, have intercourse, have a go at it, subsist, have sex, recognise, get, populate, bed, hold out, get laid, make love, endure, go through, bonk, have, acknowledge, cognise, survive, exist, love, last, inhabit, see, receive, be, live, sleep together, do it, go, eff, hold up, feel, lie with, make out, be intimate, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, experience, screw, have it off, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, live on, roll in the hay

   Antonyms:
   ignore

7. acknowledge, recognize, recognise, knowverb

   accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

   "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, experience, have a go at it, have sex, spot, bed, cognise, get laid, make love, bonk, agnise, acknowledge, greet, love, agnize, admit, pick out, eff, live, sleep together, notice, realise, do it, accredit, lie with, make out, discern, be intimate, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, receipt, screw, have it off, recognise, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, realize, roll in the hay

   Antonyms:
   ignore

8. knowverb

   have fixed in the mind

   "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, screw, live, do it, have it off, cognize, hump, bang, recognize, have intercourse, experience, sleep together, love, get it on, cognise, roll in the hay, lie with, have it away, recognise, have sex, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, be intimate, bonk, sleep with, acknowledge, make love

   Antonyms:
   ignore

9. sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonkverb

   have sexual intercourse with

   "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

   Synonyms:
   spang, discern, bang, screw, acknowledge, recognise, deal, whop, grapple, get along, bop, distinguish, go to sleep, bash, make love, do, jazz, cheat, roll in the hay, sock, cut, be intimate, retire, pick out, live, eff, go to bed, bonk, recognize, spot, hunch over, slam, do it, chicane, have intercourse, hit the sack, make out, manage, jockey, have sex, tell apart, complete, cognise, neck, whap, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, drive in, bed, have it away, sleep with, enjoy, sack out, hit the hay, contend, hunch forward, issue, love, hump, get laid, have it off, make do, sleep together, get by, write out, turn in, cope, crawl in, chouse, experience, come, get it on, kip down, shaft, fare, lie with, cognize, hunch

   Antonyms:
   ignore

10. knowverb

    know the nature or character of

    "we all knew her as a big show-off"

    Synonyms:
    jazz, screw, live, do it, have it off, cognize, hump, bang, recognize, have intercourse, experience, sleep together, love, get it on, cognise, roll in the hay, lie with, have it away, recognise, have sex, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, be intimate, bonk, sleep with, acknowledge, make love

    Antonyms:
    ignore

11. knowverb

    be able to distinguish, recognize as being different

    "The child knows right from wrong"

    Synonyms:
    jazz, screw, live, do it, have it off, cognize, hump, bang, recognize, have intercourse, experience, sleep together, love, get it on, cognise, roll in the hay, lie with, have it away, recognise, have sex, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, be intimate, bonk, sleep with, acknowledge, make love

    Antonyms:
    ignore

12. knowverb

    perceive as familiar

    "I know this voice!"

    Synonyms:
    jazz, screw, live, do it, have it off, cognize, hump, bang, recognize, have intercourse, experience, sleep together, love, get it on, cognise, roll in the hay, lie with, have it away, recognise, have sex, eff, have a go at it, get laid, bed, make out, be intimate, bonk, sleep with, acknowledge, make love

    Antonyms:
    ignore

Matched Categories

1. • Accept
   • Copulate
   • Distinguish
   • Recognize
   • Remember

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knowverb

   Synonyms:
   perceive, apprehend, comprehend, understand, discern, be aware of, be assured of, see through, make out

2. knowverb

   Synonyms:
   recognize, be acquainted with

3. knowverb

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, discriminate

4. knowverb

   Synonyms:
   have knowledge

5. knowverb

   Synonyms:
   be informed, be made aware

6. knowverb

   Synonyms:
   be sure, feel certain

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1. List of paraphrases for "know":

   knows, knowledge, knowing, understand, knew, learn, soaps, see, hear, tell, sepa, 'm, realize, realise, sais, savoir, known, knovv, am, knowthat, aware, do, 'know, know.

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How to use know in a sentence?

1. Tom Hayes:

   I literally thought well, look, the solvency thing, you know, I'm talking about the margins and edges and, like, how much you can affect the rate by, you know, like very small amounts, but on very large notionals.

2. Christine Fowler-Binder:

   Garrett is, or was, the most selfless person I knew. Always there as kind of my confidante, my brother, he put up with me. I kind of was pushing him probably over the edge at times, and he always had the patience to calm me down, and Kurt Aichele know we worked together like brother and sister would.

3. Ross Perot, The Dallas Morning News, March 11, 1984:

   There is no accountability in the public school system - except for coaches. You know what happens to a losing coach. You fire him. A losing teacher can go on losing for 30 years and then go to glory.

4. Colin Wayne:

   Twenty years at war was essentially for nothing, it's very disheartening, at a minimum, to know that we were this close to finishing things the right way.

5. Homicide Captain James Clark:

   We know that because the mother heard the struggle and (then) the phone goes dead.