a hole in a board where a knot came out
<noun.substance>

knothole

tied with a knot
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

knotted

sample sentences

"his carefully knotted necktie"

used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
<adj.all>

gnarled

gnarly

knobbed

knotted

knotty

sample sentences

"gnarled and knotted hands"
"a knobbed stick"

aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey; not widespread in Europe
<noun.plant>

Majorana hortensis

Origanum majorana

knotted marjoram

sweet marjoram

puzzling complexity
<noun.attribute>

complicatedness

complication

knottiness

tortuousness

making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

baffling

elusive

knotty

problematic

problematical

tough

sample sentences

"a baffling problem"
"I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"
"a problematic situation at home"

tangled in knots or snarls
<adj.all>

knotty

snarled

snarly

sample sentences

"a mass of knotted string"
"snarled thread"

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

Byzantine

convoluted

involved

knotty

tangled

tortuous

sample sentences

"the Byzantine tax structure"
"Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"
"convoluted legal language"
"convoluted reasoning"
"the plot was too involved"
"a knotty problem"
"got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott
"tortuous legal procedures"
"tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
<adj.all>

gnarled

gnarly

knobbed

knotted

knotty

sample sentences

"gnarled and knotted hands"
"a knobbed stick"

pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling and furniture
<noun.plant>

knotty pine

a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
<noun.artifact>

knout

the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
<noun.cognition>

know

sample sentences

"he is always in the know"

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 585 freq. cnt.: 585

cognise

cognize

know

sample sentences

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

know how to do or perform something
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 142 freq. cnt.: 142

know

sample sentences

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

be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 123 freq. cnt.: 123

know

sample sentences

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

be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 76 freq. cnt.: 76

know

sample sentences

"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"

have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1

experience

know

live

sample sentences

"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"

accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 10

acknowledge

know

recognise

recognize

sample sentences

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

have fixed in the mind
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

know

sample sentences

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

perceive as familiar
<verb.cognition>

know

sample sentences

"I know this voice!"

be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
<verb.cognition>

know

sample sentences

"The child knows right from wrong"

know the nature or character of
<verb.cognition>

know

sample sentences

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

have sexual intercourse with
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bang

be intimate

bed

bonk

do it

eff

fuck

get it on

get laid

have a go at it

have intercourse

have it away

have it off

have sex

hump

jazz

know

lie with

love

make love

make out

roll in the hay

screw

sleep together

sleep with

sample sentences

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

recognize or perceive the difference
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

discriminate

know apart

look on as or consider
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 72 freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

be known as

esteem

know as

look on

look upon

regard as

repute

take to be

think of

sample sentences

"she looked on this affair as a joke"
"He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"
"He is reputed to be intelligent"

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 122 freq. cnt.: 91 freq. cnt.: 31

be known as

call

know as

name

sample sentences

"They named their son David"
"The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

an ignorant person
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ignoramus

know nothing

uneducated person

be well-informed
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

be on the ball

be with it

know the score

know what's going on

know what's what

be well-informed
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

be on the ball

be with it

know the score

know what's going on

know what's what

be well-informed
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

be on the ball

be with it

know the score

know what's going on

know what's what

someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
<noun.person>

know-all

know-it-all

the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

know-how

someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
<noun.person>

know-all

know-it-all

capable of being known
<adj.all>

cognisable

cognizable

cognoscible

knowable

a person who knows or apprehends
<noun.person>

apprehender

knower

evidencing the possession of inside information
<adj.all>   (p)   (p)   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

knowing

wise

wise to

highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

knowing

knowledgeable

learned

lettered

well-educated

well-read

sample sentences

"knowing instructors"
"a knowledgeable critic"
"a knowledgeable audience"

alert and fully informed
<adj.all>

knowing

knowledgeable

sample sentences

"a knowing collector of rare books"
"surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"

characterized by conscious design or purpose
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

deliberate

intentional

knowing

sample sentences

"intentional damage"
"a knowing act of fraud"
"a deliberate attempt to provoke a response"

a clear and certain mental apprehension
<noun.cognition>

knowing

with full knowledge and deliberation
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

knowingly

wittingly

sample sentences

"he wittingly deleted the references"

shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge
<noun.cognition>

knowingness

having knowledge of
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

awareness

cognisance

cognizance

consciousness

knowingness

sample sentences

"he had no awareness of his mistakes"
"his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"
"their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
<noun.Tops>   freq. cnt.: 45 freq. cnt.: 45

cognition

knowledge

noesis

the content of a particular field of knowledge
<noun.cognition>

domain

knowledge base

knowledge domain

the content of a particular field of knowledge
<noun.cognition>

domain

knowledge base

knowledge domain

wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge
<noun.attribute>

initiation

knowledgeability

knowledgeableness

sample sentences

"his knowledgeability impressed me"
"his dullness was due to lack of initiation"

highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

knowing

knowledgeable

learned

lettered

well-educated

well-read

sample sentences

"knowing instructors"
"a knowledgeable critic"
"a knowledgeable audience"

thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
<adj.all>

intimate

knowledgeable

versed

sample sentences

"this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson
"knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read

alert and fully informed
<adj.all>

knowing

knowledgeable

sample sentences

"a knowing collector of rare books"
"surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"

wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge
<noun.attribute>

initiation

knowledgeability

knowledgeableness

sample sentences

"his knowledgeability impressed me"
"his dullness was due to lack of initiation"