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[syn: know-it-all, know-all]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Know-it-all \Know"-it-all`\, n.
One who knows everything; hence, a person who makes
pretension to great knowledge, especially one whose didactic
conversational habit conspicuously reveals his belief that he
has superior knowledge on many subjects; a wiseacre; a
know-all; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. & pejorative]
Note: the use of this term implies that the speaker
disapproves of this behavior, and may think that it is
unjustified
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
know-it-all
n 1: someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to
accept advice or information from others [syn: know-it-
all, know-all]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "know-it-all":
Narcissus, aggressively self-confident, biggety, braggart,
bumptious, chesty, cocky, conceited, egocentric, egoist, egotist,
immodest, individualist, narcissist, narcist, no modest violet,
obtrusive, overwise, peacockish, peacocky, perk, perky, pert,
puffed up, self-conceited, self-opinionated, smart aleck,
smart-alecky, smarty, smarty-pants, stuck-up, swelled-headed,
swellhead, wise guy, wiseacre, wisecracker, wisehead,
wisenheimer