Usually means: Person who claims extensive knowledge.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word know-all:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. know-all: Merriam-Webster
  2. know-all: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. know-all, know-all: Collins English Dictionary
  4. know-all: Vocabulary.com
  5. Know-All, know-all: Wordnik
  6. know-all: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. know-all: Wiktionary
  8. know-all: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Know-all, know-all: Dictionary.com
  10. Know-all: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. know-all: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. know-all: Rhymezone
  13. Know-all: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. know-all: FreeDictionary.org
  15. know-all: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. know-all: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. know-all: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  (chiefly UK, Ireland) Someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject.

Similar:
know-it-all, know-everything, smartass, Besserwisser, smart aleck, knobber, blowhard, cluon, blabbermouth, braggart, more...

Types:
pundit, expert, maven, connoisseur, savant, more...

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Similar:
know-it-all, know-everything, smartass, Besserwisser, smart aleck, knobber, blowhard, cluon, blabbermouth, braggart, more...

Types:
pundit, expert, maven, connoisseur, savant, more...



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