Thesaurus / in the know
FEEDBACKsynonyms for in the know
synonyms for in the know
- alive
- appreciative
- apprehensive
- attentive
- awake
- cognizant
- conscious
- familiar
- informed
- mindful
- receptive
- wise
- acquainted
- alert
- appraised
- apprised
- au courant
- cool
- enlightened
- go-go
- groovy
- grounded
- heedful
- hip
- in the picture
- into
- know-how
- knowing
- know the score
- know what's what
- latched on
- on the beam
- on to
- perceptive
- plugged in
- savvy
- sensible
- sentient
- sharp
- tuned-in
- up on
- wised up
- wise to
- with it
- apprehensive
- conscious
- informed
- judicious
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- au courant
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- down with
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- hep to
- hip to
- in on
- in the picture
- knowing
- on the beam
- on to
- perceptive
- plugged in
- savvy
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- tuned-in
- up on
- versed
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- with it
- witting
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- highbrow
- into
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- lettered
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- scholastic
- studious
- well-read
- wise up
- accomplished
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- competent
- mature
- professional
- qualified
- seasoned
- skillful
- sophisticated
- trained
- veteran
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- cultivated
- dynamite
- instructed
- matured
- practiced
- rounded
- sport
- tested
- tried
- versed
- vet
- adept
- been around
- been there
- broken in
- expert
- familiar
- having something on the ball
- knowing one's stuff
- knowing the score
- old
- old hand
- practical
- pro
- the right stuff
- well-versed
- worldly
- worldly-wise
- acquainted
- aware
- conversant
- savvy
- versant
- abreast
- apprised
- at home with
- au courant
- au fait
- cognizant
- conscious
- grounded
- informed
- in on
- introduced
- kept posted
- mindful
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- plugged in
- tuned-in
- up
- up on
- versed in
- well up in
- with it
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- up
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- into
- know the score
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- on top of
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- tuned-in
- up on
- up-to-date
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- wise to
- appreciative
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- discerning
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- plugged in
- posted
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- scholarly
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- tuned-in
- understanding
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- with it
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- cultivated
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- grounded
- lettered
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- abstruse
- academic
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- deep
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- literary
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- pansophic
- pedantic
- philosophic
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- professorial
- recondite
- sage
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- sharp
- skilled
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- well-grounded
- well-read
- well-rounded
- apprehensive
- careful
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- cognizant
- conscious
- conversant
- knowledgeable
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- respectful
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- watchful
- alert
- alive to
- au courant
- be up on
- cagey
- chary
- conscientious
- heedful
- know all the answers
- knowing
- know ins and outs
- observative
- observing
- on one's toes
- on the ball
- on the job
- on to
- plugged in
- regardful
- sensible
- thoughtful
- tuned-in
- with eyes peeled
- acute
- calculating
- cunning
- discerning
- experienced
- keen
- knowing
- sharp
- slick
- smart
- smooth
- wise
- astute
- brainy
- cagey
- canny
- clever
- crafty
- farsighted
- foxy
- heady
- ingenious
- intelligent
- judicious
- on the ball
- perceptive
- sagacious
- sensible
- sly
- streetwise
- astute
- cagey
- canny
- crafty
- farsighted
- ingenious
- judicious
- keen
- penetrating
- perceptive
- probing
- prudent
- sensible
- sharp
- slick
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- smart
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- acute
- argute
- artful
- astucious
- brainy
- calculating
- cunning
- cutting
- deep
- discerning
- discriminating
- foxy
- heady
- inside
- knowing
- on the inside
- on top of
- perspicacious
- piercing
- profound
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- savvy
- shark
- slippery
- smooth
- streetwise
- tricky
- underhand
- up on
- wised up
- mature
- practical
- refined
- worldly
- bored
- citified
- cool
- cultivated
- disenchanted
- disillusioned
- experienced
- jaded
- knowing
- practiced
- schooled
- seasoned
- smooth
- studied
- adult
- artificial
- been around
- blasé
- couth
- cynical
- in
- into
- jet-set
- laid-back
- mondaine
- on to
- sharp
- skeptical
- stagy
- streetwise
- suave
- svelte
- switched-on
- uptown
- urbane
- well-bred
- wised-up
- wise to
- with it
- worldly-wise
- world-weary
- savvy
- versed
- abreast
- acquainted
- apprised
- at home with
- au courant
- au fait
- aware
- cognizant
- conscious
- conversant
- grounded
- informed
- in on
- introduced
- kept posted
- mindful
- no stranger to
- plugged in
- tuned-in
- up
- up on
- versed in
- well up in
- with it
- acquainted
- competent
- conversant
- knowledgeable
- practiced
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- qualified
- savvy
- seasoned
- trained
- up
- versant
- veteran
- abreast
- au courant
- au fait
- practical
- tuned-in
- up on
- well-informed
- alive
- apprehensive
- au courant
- awake
- aware
- chic
- conscious
- cool
- familiar
- groovy
- hep to
- hip to
- in
- in fashion
- informed
- in on
- in vogue
- knowing
- knowledgeable
- latest
- mod
- now
- observant
- on to
- perceptive
- plugged in
- savvy
- switched on
- trendy
- tuned-in
- up on
- versed
- wise to
antonyms for in the know
MOST RELEVANT
- heedless
- ignorant
- inattentive
- neglectful
- unaware
- unconscious
- unfamiliar
- unfriendly
- uninformed
- unknowledgeable
- insensitive
- ignorant
- indifferent
- senseless
- thoughtless
- unaware
- uninformed
- unmindful
- unfamiliar
- unknowledgeable
- unwitting
- amateur
- green
- ignorant
- incapable
- incompetent
- inept
- inexperienced
- unable
- unskilled
- unskillful
- untalented
- untrained
- immature
- unfamiliar
- unknowledgeable
- unseasoned
- unsophisticated
- ignorant
- aloof
- cold
- cool
- distant
- foreign
- new
- reserved
- strange
- unacquainted
- unapproachable
- uncommon
- undistinguished
- unfamiliar
- unfriendly
- unknowledgeable
- unknown
- unremarkable
- ignorant
- inexperienced
- unaware
- uninformed
- unintelligent
- unknowledgeable
- unreasonable
- unsophisticated
- unwise
- uneducated
- careless
- heedless
- ignorant
- inattentive
- incautious
- indifferent
- indiscreet
- negligent
- quiet
- rash
- thoughtless
- unafraid
- unaware
- uncareful
- uninformed
- unmindful
- unobservant
- unworried
- absent-minded
- blunt
- coarse
- dull
- ignorant
- inexperienced
- kind
- naive
- obtuse
- rough
- slow
- stupid
- unintelligent
- unstylish
- blunt
- dull
- foolish
- honest
- idiotic
- ignorant
- inept
- obtuse
- senseless
- slow
- stupid
- unintelligent
- unreasonable
- unstylish
- unwise
- frivolous
- naive
- unthinking
- inexperienced
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- enchanted
- encouraged
- enthusiastic
- excited
- uncool
- easy
- naive
- simple
- slow
- uncultivated
- uncultured
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use in the know in a sentence
She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUHe came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENIt seems very strange that I shall actually know Liszt at last, after hearing of him so many years.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYKind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSSleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENS"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMThe pig family did not know when Squinty would be taken away from them, and all they could do was to wait.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMIt's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRThey are unquestionably penitent now; but then, you know, they have the recollection of very recent suffering fresh upon them.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENSWORDS RELATED TO IN THE KNOW
- acquainted
- alert
- alive
- appraised
- appreciative
- apprehensive
- apprised
- attentive
- au courant
- awake
- cognizant
- conscious
- cool
- enlightened
- familiar
- go-go
- groovy
- grounded
- heedful
- hip
- in the know
- in the picture
- informed
- into
- know the score
- know what's what
- know-how
- knowing
- latched on
- mindful
- on the beam
- on to
- perceptive
- plugged in
- receptive
- savvy
- sensible
- sentient
- sharp
- tuned-in
- up on
- wise
- wise to
- wised up
- with it
- acquainted
- alive
- apprehensive
- au courant
- awake
- conscious
- conversant
- down with
- familiar
- grounded
- hep to
- hip to
- in on
- in the know
- in the picture
- informed
- judicious
- knowing
- knowledgeable
- observant
- on the beam
- on to
- perceptive
- plugged in
- savvy
- sensible
- sentient
- tuned-in
- up on
- versed
- wise to
- with it
- witting
- accomplished
- accustomed
- adept
- been around
- been there
- broken in
- capable
- competent
- cultivated
- dynamite
- expert
- familiar
- having something on the ball
- in the know
- instructed
- knowing one's stuff
- knowing the score
- mature
- matured
- old
- old hand
- practical
- practiced
- pro
- professional
- qualified
- rounded
- seasoned
- skillful
- sophisticated
- sport
- tested
- the right stuff
- trained
- tried
- versed
- vet
- veteran
- well-versed
- wise
- worldly
- worldly-wise
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.