Synonyms for knowledge
Most common
cognition perception cognizance awareness understanding acquaintance
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Cognition
cognition, perception, cognizance, cognisance UK, awareness, apprehension, consciousness, knowingness, noesis
2. Understanding — notice, awareness
understanding, acquaintance, experience, comprehension, information, wisdom, familiarity, enlightenment, discernment, intelligence, education, light, instruction, notice, recognition, wit
Other
learning, erudition, scholarship, science, lore, ken, acquirement, prescience, acknowledging
Definitions
- n. 1
Notice, awareness.
- n. 2
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
He has a lot of knowledge on the Indus Valley Civilization.
Related words
- Word family
- knowledgeable knowledgeful know knowing know-how
- Phrases
- carnal knowledge book knowledge reading knowledge knowledge base knowledge map knowledge worker personal knowledge base personal knowledge management
- Other spellings
- knowledgement
Forms
- Plural
- knowledges → cognitions, perceptions, cognizances, awarenesses…
Choose the right word
As regards studies, pursuits, etc., acquaintance is less than familiarity, which supposes minute knowledge of particulars, arising often from long experience or association.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- awareness The street had a charity run for cancer awareness.
- perception Generous behavior reduces the perception of pain.
- understanding The mystery of life is beyond human understanding.
- acquaintance I made her acquaintance through his introduction.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| knowledge | rising | |
| awareness | rising | |
| perception | rising | |
| cognition | rising | |
| cognizance | falling | |
| understanding | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ken1, wit1
- 4 letters
- lore1
- 5 letters
- light1
- 6 letters
- notice2, wisdom2, noesis
- 7 letters
- science2
- 8 letters
- learning2
- 9 letters
- education4, awareness3, cognition3, erudition4
- 10 letters
- experience4, perception3, cognizance3, prescience3, cognisance
- 11 letters
- information4, recognition4, scholarship3, instruction3, familiarity5, discernment3, acquirement, knowingness
- 12 letters
- intelligence4, acquaintance3, apprehension4
- 13 letters
- understanding4, consciousness3, enlightenment4, comprehension4, acknowledging4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (notice2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- connaissance
- Italiano
- conoscenza
- Deutsch
- Bewusstsein
- Català
- coneixement