3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Know-it-all \Know"-it-all`\, n. One who knows everything; hence, a person who makes pretension to great knowledge, especially one whose didactic conversational habit conspicuously reveals his belief that he has superior knowledge on many subjects; a wiseacre; a know-all; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. & pejorative] Note: the use of this term implies that the speaker disapproves of this behavior, and may think that it is unjustified [1913 Webster +PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: know-it-all n : someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others [syn: {know-all}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 38 Moby Thesaurus words for "know-it-all": Narcissus, aggressively self-confident, biggety, braggart, bumptious, chesty, cocky, conceited, egocentric, egoist, egotist, immodest, individualist, narcissist, narcist, no modest violet, obtrusive, overwise, peacockish, peacocky, perk, perky, pert, puffed up, self-conceited, self-opinionated, smart aleck, smart-alecky, smarty, smarty-pants, stuck-up, swelled-headed, swellhead, wise guy, wiseacre, wisecracker, wisehead, wisenheimer
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