know-it-all
Noun
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Noun
know-it-all
- (chiefly, US, pejorative) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:know-it-all
- 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.
- 2004, Princeton Review, Know It All! Grades 9-12 Reading, The Princeton Review (ISBN 9780375763748), page 22:
- The same holds true for supporting details—they help you to learn more about a topic. Be a know it all by sharing these details and supporting details with friends.
- 2005, Pansie Hart Flood, Tiger Turcotte Takes on the Know-it-all, Carolrhoda Books (ISBN 9781575058146)
- She's a mean, bossy know-it-all.
- 2012, Joe Ike, How do I relate with a “know-it-all”?, xBusinessServices Corp., page 60:
- Have you ever gone shopping with a Know-It-All girlfriend and she insists, without your consent or consulting you first, to choose your outfits for you?
- French: je-sais-tout, ti-Jo Connaissant (Quebec)
- German: Besserwisser, Besserwisserin, Neunmalkluger, Neunmalkluge, Rechthaber, Rechthaberin, Schulmeister, Schulmeisterin, Klugscheißer, Klugscheißerin, Schlaumeier, Schlaumeierin, Schlauberger, Schlaubergerin
- Italian: sapientone, sa tutto, saputello, tuttologo, nientologo
- Portuguese: sabichão, sabichona, sabe-tudo
- Russian: всезна́йка
- Spanish: sabelotodo, sabiondo, todólogo, cuñado (Spain)
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