knowledge

Other forms of knowledge

plural

knowledges·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about knowledge

What does knowledge mean?

knowledge means "the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning".

How many syllables are in knowledge?

knowledge has 2 syllables: know-ledge. The stress falls on "know". In IPA it is /ˈnɑlədʒ/.

What is another word for knowledge?

Close synonyms include cognition, noesis. 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.

Is knowledge a common word?

knowledge is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.