unknowing

Other forms of unknowing

plural

unknowings·

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 unknowing

What does unknowing mean?

unknowing means "ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unknowing?

unknowing has 3 syllables: unk-no-wing. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /ənˈnoʊɪŋ/.

What is another word for unknowing?

Close synonyms include ignorantness, nescience, unknowingness, ignorant, unknowledgeable. 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 unknowing a common word?

unknowing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unknowing?

2 words rhyme with unknowing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.