know-all

1. 1.

   someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others

   Synonymsknow-it-all

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   colloquialism

Questions about know-all

What does know-all mean?

know-all means "someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others".

How many syllables are in know-all?

know-all has 2 syllables and divides as kno-w-all under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for know-all?

Close synonyms include know-it-all. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.