know-all

[ noh-awl ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a know-it-all.

know-all

noun

1. informal.
   a person who pretends or appears to know a great deal

Word History and Origins

Origin of know-all¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

"His vision of the Church was very much the old-style triumphalist Catholicism, the know-all Catholicism."

From BBC

Take the quiz below to find out if you are a Tuchel know-all...

From BBC

Tobin was Tiffany’s manager, and an almost hilariously cliched one: a dominant, abrasive, controlling know-all.

From The Guardian

The book clearly recognizes what it is not: a read-all, know-all drag opus.

From Washington Post

‘I is not a very know-all giant myself, but it seems to me that you is an absolutely know-nothing human bean. Your brain is full of rotten-wool.’

From Literature