knowledge

noun

1 his knowledge of history was small | technical knowledge:

understanding, comprehension, grasp, grip, command, mastery, apprehension;

expertise, skill, proficiency, expertness, accomplishment, adeptness, capacity, capability;

French savoir faire;

informal know-how.

▷antonyms ignorance.

2 people anxious to display their knowledge:

learning, erudition, education, scholarship, letters, schooling, science;

wisdom, enlightenment, philosophy.

▷antonyms ignorance, illiteracy.

3 he slipped away without my knowledge:

awareness, consciousness, realization, recognition, cognition, apprehension, perception, appreciation;

formal cognizance.

▷antonyms unawareness.

4 National Trust staff develop an intimate knowledge of the countryside:

familiarity with, acquaintance with, conversance with, intimacy with.

5 it is your duty to inform the police of your knowledge:

information, facts, data, intelligence, news, reports;

lore;

informal info, low-down;

British, informal gen.

word links	knowledge
gnostic relating to knowledge epistemology science of knowledge

knowledge Oxford Dictionary of English