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 | ||