as in know-all
informal + disapproving
a person who talks and behaves like someone who knows everything
My neighbor is a real know-it-all, always telling me what to do.
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Recent Examples of know-it-all
My 21-year-old grandson is a dramatic and arrogant know-it-all.
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Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
Don’t expect Morgan to be some know-it-all, though.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Don’t let a know-it-all attitude set you back or cause others to withhold information.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
But right in the middle of that magic, a know-it-all witch floats next to her.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
Don’t expect Morgan to be some know-it-all, though.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Don’t let a know-it-all attitude set you back or cause others to withhold information.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
But right in the middle of that magic, a know-it-all witch floats next to her.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for know-it-all
Recent Examples of Synonyms for know-it-all
Noun
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Similarly, the Pink Ladies, a popular clique headed by Rizzo (Stockard Channing), deliver their wiseacre lines with a fair dose of irony.Vogue, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
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Mark Kelly The boat, the train and the paradigm shift were all missed by Apple, according to the wiseacres.Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 June 2023
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But since the emergence of a kinder, gentler Deadpool in the wiseass character’s first stand-alone movie, Wade has carried on a long-distance flirtation with Wolverine.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
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His expression was again lightly sardonic: a Jewish wiseass, a natural resister and conspirator, one maybe even handicapped in that role by looking too much the part.John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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The film stars Janelle Monáe in overlapping roles as a 21st-century professional smarty named Veronica and an enslaved woman named Eden who is forced into labor on a cotton plantation.Washington Post, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
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In addition to Johnson, East High's resident smarty-pants, Monique Coleman will be reprising her role as the brilliant Taylor McKessie and Broadway veteran Alyson Reed will be back as the kooky Ms. Darbus.Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2022
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Tennessee is currently a 2.5-point favorite, an indication the wise guys believe Love is unlikely to play.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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The wise guys prefer the Bucs’ Mike Evans to follow suit, but my money’s on Godwin.Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
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Also, the movie knows when to ease up on the wisenheimer instinct.Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
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Stan is a bit of a wisenheimer, and Sandler puts his natural yappiness to good use.Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
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Newton scored and so did backcourt mate Cam Spencer, that different style of smart aleck, who had 20.Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
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Perry portrayed sweet, sarcastic smart aleck Chandler Bing for 10 seasons on Friends, garnering an Emmy nomination.EW.com, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2023
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“Know-it-all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/know-it-all. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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