omniscient en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having total knowledge.
The Abrahamic God is omniscient.
The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.
For me, anything is possible. I am omniscient and omnipotent, extremely vain, and, what is more, I come in a handy self-carrying package.
1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 17, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 155:
Coordinates
Deriveds
unomniscient · omnisciency · omniscient narrator · nonomniscient · omnisciently · superomniscient
Relateds
omnibenevolent · omniscience · omnipotent · omnipresent
Synonyms
Translations (56)
cmn 全知的 (having total knowledge) · sa सर्वविद्य (having total knowledge) · vi toàn tri (having total knowledge) · el παντογνώστης (having total knowledge) · ru всезна́ющий (having total knowledge) · cs vševědoucí (having total knowledge) · sip ཀུན་མཁྱེན (having total knowledge) · tl taluslahat (having total knowledge) · sh svèznajūć (having total knowledge) · vi chính biến tri (having total knowledge) · ga uilefheasach (having total knowledge) · nn allvitande (having total knowledge) · it onnisciente (having total knowledge) · ro omniscient (having total knowledge) · eo ĉioscia (having total knowledge) · mk семудар (having total knowledge) · rsk всезнаюци (having total knowledge) · es omniscio (having total knowledge) · ru всеве́дущий (having total knowledge) · fa ویسپ آگاه (having total knowledge) · vi nhất thiết trí (having total knowledge) · es omnisciente (having total knowledge) · de allwissend (having total knowledge) · nl alwetend (having total knowledge) · sk vševedúci (having total knowledge) · be усёве́дны (having total knowledge) · ka ყოვლისმცოდნე (having total knowledge) · pl wszystkowiedzący (having total knowledge) · sv allvetande (having total knowledge) · hi सर्वज्ञ (having total knowledge) · hu mindentudó (having total knowledge) · la omnisciēns (having total knowledge) · ar بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ (having total knowledge) · fi kaikkitietävä (having total knowledge) · uk всезна́ючий (having total knowledge) · el πάνσοφος (having total knowledge) · pl wszechwiedzący (having total knowledge) · bg всезнаещ (having total knowledge) · fr omniscient (having total knowledge) · sh свѐзнајӯћ (having total knowledge) · fa آگاه از همه چیز (having total knowledge) · sa सर्वज्ञता (having total knowledge) · fo alvitandi (having total knowledge) · id maha tahu (having total knowledge) · ro atotștiutor (having total knowledge) · is alvitur (having total knowledge) · hi अंतर्यामी (having total knowledge) · hy ամենագետ (having total knowledge) · ja 全知の (having total knowledge) · pt onisciente (having total knowledge) · nb allvitende (having total knowledge) · es omnisapiente (having total knowledge) · ca omniscient (having total knowledge) · da alvidende (having total knowledge) · mk сезнаен (having total knowledge) · uk всеві́даючий (having total knowledge)