known - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | known |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, popular |
| Synonyms: | accepted, acknowledged, avowed, celebrated, common, conscious, established, familiar, hackneyed, manifest, noted, notorious, obvious, patent, plain, proverbial, published, received, recognized, well-known, admitted, certified, confessed, down pat |
| Antonyms: | obscure, unknown |
| Main Entry: | know |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand information |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, experience, fathom, grasp, have, ken, learn, notice, perceive, prize, realize, recognize, see, undergo, apperceive, be acquainted, be cognizant, be conversant in, be informed, be learned, be master of, be read, be schooled, be versed, cognize, feel certain, get the idea, have down pat, have information, have knowledge of, keep up on, on top of |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | know |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be familiar with |
| Synonyms: | associate, experience, feel, fraternize, identify, savor, see, sustain, taste, undergo, be acquainted with, be friends with, get acquainted, have dealings with |
| Antonyms: | forget, be ignorant |
| Main Entry: | professional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled, trained |
| Synonyms: | able, ace, acknowledged, adept, competent, crackerjack*, efficient, experienced, expert, finished, knowing one's stuff, known, learned, licensed, on the ball*, polished, practiced, proficient, qualified, sharp, skillful, slick*, there, up to speed, well-qualified |
| Antonyms: | amateur, rookie, unprofessional, unskilled, untrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | understood |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assumed, implicit |
| Synonyms: | accepted, axiomatic, implied, inferential, known, pat, tacit, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, appreciated, down pat, inferred, on to, presumed, roger, taken for granted, undeclared, unstated, wise to, wordless |
| Antonyms: | explained, explicit, spoken, written |
| Main Entry: | used to |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | familiar with |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, common, commonplace, customary, everyday, knowing, known, old hat, ordinary, plain, routine, well-known, acclimated, at home with, recognizable |
| Main Entry: | well-known |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | familiar, famous |
| Synonyms: | VIP*, acclaimed, big, big name*, celebrated, common, conspicuous, eminent, illustrious, important, infamous, known, large, leading, name, notable, noted, notorious, outstanding, popular, prominent, public, recognized, renowned, reputable, somebody, splashy, star, WK, celeb, in the limelight, in the public eye, superstar, widely known |
| Antonyms: | unfamiliar, unknown |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recognized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acknowledged |
| Synonyms: | accepted, caught, customary, known, perceived, realized, recalled, remembered, sanctioned, sighted, admitted, allowed, identified |
| Main Entry: | undergone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sustained |
| Synonyms: | borne, experienced, known, shared, supported, encountered, endured, felt, met with, submitted to, withstood |
| Main Entry: | conscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alert, awake |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, aesthetic, assured, attentive, au courant, aware, certain, cognizant, conversant, discerning, informed, keen, knowing, known, mindful, noticing, noting, observing, perceiving, responsive, seeing, sensible, sentient, sure, understanding, vigilant, watchful, with it*, able to recognize, alive to, apperceptive, apprised, felt, hep to, in on, in right mind, on to, percipient, recognizing, remarking, sensitive to, supraliminal, wise to, witting |
| Notes: | conscience is the noun meaning 'a sense of right and wrong' while conscious is the adjective meaning 'aware of something, being awake' |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, impassive, indifferent, senseless, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unresponsive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | familiar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, well-known |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, commonplace, conventional, customary, domestic, everyday, frequent, habitual, homespun, household, humble, informal, intimate, known, matter-of-fact, mundane, native, natural, old hat, ordinary, plain, prosaic, proverbial, repeated, routine, simple, stock, unceremonious, unsophisticated, usual, wonted, garden variety, recognizable, workaday |
| Antonyms: | foreign, new, strange, uncommon, undistinguished, unfamiliar, unknown, unremarkable |
| Main Entry: | certain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undoubtable, valid |
| Synonyms: | absolute, authoritative, clear, conclusive, definite, demonstrable, destined, determined, evident, firm, fixed, genuine, guaranteed, in the bag*, incontrovertible, indubitable, infallible, irrefutable, known, plain, positive, provable, real, reliable, safe, set, sound, supreme, sure, sure thing*, true, trustworthy, unambiguous, undeniable, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring, unmistakable, verifiable, ascertained, confirmable, establishable, having down pat, on ice, predestined, salted away |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, dubious, questionable, uncertain, unreliable, unsure, faltering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genuine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaffected; honest |
| Synonyms: | actual, artless, candid, earnest, frank, heartfelt, known, natural, open, positive, real, reliable, righteous, sincere, true, trustworthy, unfeigned, unimpeachable, unquestionable, up front, valid, undesigning, unpretended, well-established |
| Antonyms: | affected, deceptive, dishonest, insincere, misleading, deceiving |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize worth |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, apprehend, comprehend, dig, fathom, grasp, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, savvy, understand, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, catch the drift, see daylight, sympathize with, take account of |
| Main Entry: | apprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | absorb, accept, appreciate, believe, catch, comprehend, conceive, digest, fathom, get, grasp, have, imagine, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, sense, think, get the picture |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | comprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, catch, click, conceive, dig*, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, get*, grasp, have, know, make out*, perceive, read, savvy*, see, take in, tumble*, capiche, cognize, get the picture, gotcha |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard, consider |
| Synonyms: | account, allow, appraise, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view, be afraid, daresay, set store by |
| Main Entry: | differentiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a distinction |
| Synonyms: | antithesize, characterize, comprehend, contrast, demarcate, discern, discrepate, discriminate, extricate, individualize, individuate, know, know what's what, mark, mark off, redline, separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, split hairs*, tell apart, understand |
| Antonyms: | associate, confuse, connect, group, link, mix up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, find out, focus, foresee, judge, know, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, read, remark, rubberneck*, separate, spot, take in, view, discrepate, figure out, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, make distinction, pick out, secern, see the light, see through, severalize |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discriminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | differentiate, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | assess, collate, compare, contradistinguish, contrast, difference, discern, discrepate, evaluate, extricate, judge, know, know what's what, make out*, note, perceive, remark, segregate, separate, sever, severalize, sift, specify, split hairs*, tell apart, tell the difference |
| Antonyms: | confuse, mix up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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