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Nouns (8)

n. range or scope of what is perceived

n. range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"

awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

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Fuzzynyms (122)

attention, attending

n. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention

n. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

notice

n. polite or favorable attention; "his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice"

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

cognizance, ken

n. range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"

consciousness

n. an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

n. profound scholarly knowledge

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

learning, acquisition

n. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

realization, realisation, recognition

n. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"

Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom

n. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

consciousness

n. an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

appreciation, grasp, hold

n. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"

perception

n. knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"

cognizance

n. range or scope of what is perceived

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

n. profound scholarly knowledge

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

learning, acquisition

n. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

realization, realisation, recognition

Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom

n. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

appreciation, grasp, hold

n. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"

comprehension

n. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

insight, brainstorm, brainwave

n. the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

familiarity

n. usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known

consciousness

n. an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"

sensitivity, sensitiveness

n. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

sympathy, fellow feeling

n. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

tenderness, tenderheartedness

n. warm compassionate feelings

softheartedness, tenderness

n. a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

discomfort, soreness, irritation

n. an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

insight, perceptiveness, perceptivity

n. a feeling of understanding

receptiveness, receptivity, openness

n. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the proposal"

acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy

n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

perception

n. knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"

somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation

n. the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"

cognizance

n. range or scope of what is perceived

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

n. profound scholarly knowledge

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

learning, acquisition

n. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

realization, realisation, recognition

Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom

n. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

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Antonyms (1)

incognizance

n. a lack of knowledge or recognition

cognizance

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