Synonyms for known
noʊnknown

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1. knownnoun

   Antonyms:
   unknown

2. knownadjective

   Someone or something that many people know about, renowned, famous.

   Antonyms:
   unknown

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1. knownadjective

   apprehended with certainty

   "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal"

   Antonyms:
   unbeknownst(p), chartless, undiagnosed, little-known, unidentified, unmapped, unbeknown(p), unknown, unheard-of, undiscovered, uncharted, unexplored

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1. List of paraphrases for "known":

   well-known, familiar, experienced, famous, recognized, renowned, aware, undergone, notorious, unknown, seen, know, knowledge, maarouf, understood, called, recognised, well-knownin

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How to use known in a sentence?

1. Jay Gruden:

   I think people in personal circles talk their own personal way from their own groups they think are private, you may say some stuff to a good buddy of yours you’ve known for a long time that you wouldn’t say to anybody else in the world. On the golf course, I might say a few things I would never say to anyone else. Just the way it is. [Jon’s] a great person, great human and great football coach but I wouldn’t say it’s commonplace. It just happened the way it happened.

2. Paula Patton:

   We've known each other since we were teenagers, all I can tell you is there's a deep love there -- always was, and always will be.

3. Curt Cashour:

   This lawsuit backed by a group known for questionable practices and unsuccessful lawsuits is nothing more than an attempt to force VA into censoring a show of respect for Americas POW/MIA community, make no mistake: VA will not be bullied on this issue.

4. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   We’ve known about climate change for at least six decades. But not until the most recent one was it possible to say that most people believe that climate change is happening and that we need to do something about it.

5. Ellen Sciales:

   We've always known that Henry Cuellar is corrupt in some way. It didn't take an FBI investigation for us to notice that.