Omniscient

Possessing complete knowledge and awareness.

Reach for it when describing a deity or narrator as possessing complete knowledge

An omniscient narrator reveals how each kindness changes the town.

• everyday

  all-knowing

  a familiar transparent equivalent is best

  not when All-knowing remains an absolute claim.

• warm

  all-wise

  perfect judgment rather than raw knowledge is meant

  not when Wisdom differs from possession of every fact.

• professional

  fully informed

  all relevant available information is known

  not when Being informed is bounded and evidence-dependent.

• formal

  omniperceptive

  universal perception is the quality

  not when Perception does not include every kind of knowledge.

• literary

  clairvoyant

  supernatural perception beyond ordinary senses is intended

  not when Clairvoyance is narrower than total knowledge.

• literary

  godlike in knowledge

  figurative extraordinary knowledge suits the passage

  not when The comparison is grandiose for ordinary expertise.

• ignorant
• unaware
• fallible

• omniscient narrator

  An omniscient narrator reveals each kindness's later effect.

• seem omniscient

  To a young child, the archivist could seem omniscient.

• omniscient model

  A responsible forecaster admits that no omniscient model exists.

Omniscient is literal in theology and a defined narrative viewpoint; elsewhere it is usually deliberate exaggeration.

• wiktionary, English adjective, knowing everything sense ↗opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-27

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