Know-it-all Definition

nōĭt-ôl
know-it-alls
noun
One who claims to know everything and rejects others' advice or information.
American Heritage
A know-it-all person.
Webster's New World
(pejorative) Someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject.
We had it all figured out, but this know-it-all marched in with "the correct way of solving it", leaving our experiment in shambles.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Pretending or claiming to know much about almost everything.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Know-it-all

Noun

Singular:
know-it-all
Plural:
know-it-alls

Know-it-all Sentence Examples

  • He is effete, pompous, infuriatingly know-it-all, and a welcome addition to any Star Trek plotline.

  • Bork had proved to be his own worst enemy on television, creating an impression of an arrogant know-it-all spouting reactionary bromides.

  • I know it all very well for Prince Vasili told me himself.

  • I know it all.

  • It 's always refreshing to see a contemporary horror movie that avoids the " post-modernist " disease that is the wisecracking know-it-all teenager.

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