Knowingness
Knowingness noun - Exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters.
Usage example: all the knowingness that comes from 20 years in the police department was evident in his appraisal of the situation
Wit and knowingness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wit" instead a noun "Knowingness".
Wit
Wit noun - Exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters.
Usage example: lacked the wit to see that the war was unwinnable
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- understanding and knowingness
- understanding and wit
- sense and knowingness
- sense and wit
- perception and knowingness
- perception and wit
- discernment and knowingness
- discernment and wit
- keenness and knowingness
- keenness and wit
- intellect and knowingness
- intellect and wit
- reason and knowingness
- reason and wit
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