English noun: cognizance | |||
| 1. | cognizance (cognition) having knowledge of | ||
| Samples | He had no awareness of his mistakes. His sudden consciousness of the problem he faced. Their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive. | ||
| Synonyms | awareness, cognisance, consciousness, knowingness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | knowing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | feel, self-awareness, sense | ||
| Attribute | aware, cognisant, cognizant, incognizant, unaware | ||
| Antonyms | incognizance | ||
| 2. | cognizance (cognition) range of what one can know or understand | ||
| Samples | Beyond my ken. | ||
| Synonyms | ken | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | knowing | ||
| 3. | cognizance (cognition) range or scope of what is perceived | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | perception | ||