know-it-all
noun
: one who claims to know everything
also
: one who disdains advice
know-it-all
adjective
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In an age of impatience and an ADHD approach to consuming wrestling storylines, the fact that fans and media were not given an immediate roadmap to what, exactly, is happening with WrestleMania 41’s top angle infuriated the typical know-it-all social media audience.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The caricature of Doug Gottlieb is the cheekily overconfident, know-it-all opinionator with no detectable filter.
—Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
That extends to Watson himself, who is portrayed as a master of deductive reasoning, a swaggering know-it-all who has a genius-like understanding of human nature and the world itself.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Successful teams today aren’t led by the know-it-all and always right A-type personalities.
—John Hall, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The caricature of Doug Gottlieb is the cheekily overconfident, know-it-all opinionator with no detectable filter.
—Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
That extends to Watson himself, who is portrayed as a master of deductive reasoning, a swaggering know-it-all who has a genius-like understanding of human nature and the world itself.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Successful teams today aren’t led by the know-it-all and always right A-type personalities.
—John Hall, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for know-it-all
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“Know-it-all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/know-it-all. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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