Thesaurus:knowledge

Thesaurus

knowledge

English

Noun

Sense: knowledge

Synonyms

• knowledge

Antonyms

• ignorance

Various

Contrast set

• belief    [⇒ thesaurus]
• intuition
• conviction
• worldview
• guess
• guesswork
• opinion
• view
• doctrine
• teaching
• hypothesis
• theory
• assumption
• inference
• estimate
• guesstimate
• taste    [⇒ thesaurus]
• preference

Sources of knowledge

• sense    [⇒ thesaurus]
• perception
• sensation    [⇒ thesaurus]
• observation
• experiment
• test    [⇒ thesaurus]
• trial
• exploration
• education    [⇒ thesaurus]
• authority
• parent
• teacher
• expert
• book    [⇒ thesaurus]
• verification
• falsification
• deduction
• induction
• interpolation
• extrapolation
• curve fitting
• demonstration
• justification
• derivation
• instrumentation
• inquiry
• analysis
• debate
• dialogue
• refutation

Related concepts

• understanding
• expertise
• know-how
• wisdom    [⇒ thesaurus]
• learnedness
• erudition
• data
• information
• model    [⇒ thesaurus]
• record
• justification
• evidence
• proof
• derivation
• certainty
• positivity

Related fields

• study    [⇒ thesaurus]
• philosophy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• epistemology
• logic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• science    [⇒ thesaurus]

Places of storage

• book    [⇒ thesaurus]
• publication
• encyclopedia
• compendium
• dictionary    [⇒ thesaurus]
• library
• database
• Internet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• server
• cloud    [⇒ thesaurus]

Non-material objects of storage

• thought
• idea
• memory    [⇒ thesaurus]
• utterance
• sentence
• paragraph
• saying    [⇒ thesaurus]
• principle
• rule    [⇒ thesaurus]
• theorem    [⇒ thesaurus]
• axiom
• postulate
• law    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mind

Places of acquisition

• school    [⇒ thesaurus]

Object of knowledge

• truth    [⇒ thesaurus]

Transmission

• communication

Approaches to knowledge

• empiricism
• rationalism
• critical rationalism
• verificationism
• falsificationism
• inductivism
• positivism
• logical positivism
• skepticism

Related verbs

• know
• learn
• remember    [⇒ thesaurus]
• forget    [⇒ thesaurus]
• opine
• guess
• estimate
• prove
• demonstrate
• write down

Adjectives modifying knowledge

• extensive
• deep    [⇒ thesaurus]
• superficial
• theoretical
• practical
• useful
• working
• encyclopedic
• public
• private
• scientific    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tacit
• explicit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• general
• specialized
• special
• broad
• declarative
• procedural
• innate    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 490. Knowledge

Further reading

• “knowledge” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "knowledge" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• Wikidata:knowledge
• Knowledge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Outline of knowledge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Template:Epistemology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia