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omniscient¹

  • /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/ UK
  • /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/ US

Rhymes with -ɪʃənt, -ɪsɪənt

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient).

adjective

  1. not comparable Having total knowledge. The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.

    Similar: all-knowing

noun omniscients

  1. One who has total knowledge. Those blind omniscients , those almighty slaves , Untenanting creation of its God

Omniscient²

Rhymes with -ɪʃənt

proper noun the Omniscient

  1. God.
  2. Sambuddha.

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adj having total knowledge

Españolomniscio, omnisciente, omnisapiente
日本語全知の zenchi no
中文全知的 quánzhī de
हिन्दीअंतर्यामी antaryāmī, सर्वज्ञ sarvajña
Portuguêsonisciente
Françaisomniscient
Deutschallwissend
Italianoonnisciente
Ελληνικάπαντογνώστης pantognóstis, πάνσοφος pánsofos
Românăomniscient, atotștiutor
Русскийвсеве́дущий vsevéduščij, всезна́ющий vseznájuščij
Tiếng Việttoàn tri, nhất thiết trí, chính biến tri
العربيةبِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ bikulli šayʔin ʕalīmun

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@misc{omniscient_2026,
  title = {omniscient},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/omniscient},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}