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know-it-all
CIDE DICTIONARY
know-it-all, n.
One who knows everything;
"the use of this term implies that the speaker disapproves of this behavior, and may think that it is unjustified" [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
know-it-all
Narcissus, aggressively self-confident, biggety, braggart, bumptious, chesty, cocky, conceited, egocentric, egoist, egotist, immodest, individualist, narcissist, narcist, no modest violet, obtrusive, overwise, peacockish, peacocky, perk, perky, pert, puffed up, self-conceited, self-opinionated, smart aleck, smart-alecky, smarty, smarty-pants, stuck-up, swelled-headed, swellhead, wise guy, wiseacre, wisecracker, wisehead, wisenheimerROGET THESAURUS
know-it-all
Sage
N sage, wise man, genius, master mind, master spirit of the age, longhead, thinker, intellectual, longhair, authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo, Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, second Daniel, man of learning, expert, wizard, wiseacre, bigwig, know-it-all, poor man's Einstein, venerable, reverenced, emeritus, barba tenus sapientes.For further exploring for "know-it-all" in Webster Dictionary Online