Standard Lemma guide

omniscient

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/
  • General-American: /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/
  • rhymes with -ɪʃənt
  • rhymes with -ɪsɪənt
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AA0 M N IH1 SH AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having total knowledge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.
  • The Abrahamic God is omniscient.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: all-knowing

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

God.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Sambuddha.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

One who has total knowledge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

infinitely wise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: all-knowing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient).

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ (bikulli šayʔin ʕalīmun) — having total knowledge
  • Armenian: ամենագետ (amenaget) — having total knowledge
  • Belarusian: усёве́дны (usjovjédny) — having total knowledge
  • Bulgarian: всезна́ещ (vseznáešt) — having total knowledge
  • Catalan: omniscient — having total knowledge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全知的 (quánzhī de) — having total knowledge
  • Czech: vševědoucí — having total knowledge
  • Danish: alvidende — having total knowledge
  • Dutch: alwetend — having total knowledge
  • Esperanto: ĉioscia — having total knowledge
  • Faroese: alvitandi — having total knowledge
  • Finnish: kaikkitietävä — having total knowledge
  • French: omniscient — having total knowledge
  • Georgian: ყოვლისმცოდნე (q̇ovlismcodne) — having total knowledge
  • German: allwissend — having total knowledge
  • Greek: παντογνώστης (pantognóstis) — having total knowledge
  • Greek: πάνσοφος (pánsofos) — having total knowledge
  • Hindi: अंतर्यामी (antaryāmī) — having total knowledge
  • Hindi: सर्वज्ञ (sarvajña) — having total knowledge
  • Hungarian: mindentudó — having total knowledge
  • Icelandic: alvitur — having total knowledge
  • Indonesian: maha tahu — having total knowledge
  • Irish: uilefheasach — having total knowledge
  • Italian: onnisciente — having total knowledge
  • Japanese: 全知の (zenchi no) — having total knowledge
  • Latin: omnisciēns — having total knowledge
  • Macedonian: сезнаен (seznaen) — having total knowledge
  • Macedonian: семудар (semudar) — having total knowledge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: allvitende — having total knowledge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: allvitande — having total knowledge
  • Pannonian Rusyn: всезнаюци (vseznajuci) — having total knowledge
  • Persian: آگاه از همه چیز — having total knowledge
  • Persian: ویسپ آگاه (visp-âgâh) — having total knowledge
  • Polish: wszechwiedzący — having total knowledge
  • Polish: wszystkowiedzący — having total knowledge
  • Portuguese: onisciente — having total knowledge
  • Romanian: omniscient — having total knowledge
  • Romanian: atotștiutor — having total knowledge
  • Russian: всеве́дущий (vsevéduščij) — having total knowledge
  • Russian: всезна́ющий (vseznájuščij) — having total knowledge
  • Sanskrit: सर्वविद्य (sarvavidya) — having total knowledge
  • Sanskrit: सर्वज्ञता (sarvajñatā) — having total knowledge
  • Serbo-Croatian: свѐзнајӯћ — having total knowledge
  • Serbo-Croatian: svèznajūć — having total knowledge
  • Sikkimese: ཀུན་མཁྱེན (kun mkhyen) — having total knowledge
  • Slovak: vševedúci — having total knowledge
  • Spanish: omniscio — having total knowledge
  • Spanish: omnisciente — having total knowledge
  • Spanish: omnisapiente — having total knowledge
  • Swedish: allvetande — having total knowledge
  • Tagalog: taluslahat — having total knowledge
  • Ukrainian: всезна́ючий (vseznájučyj) — having total knowledge
  • Ukrainian: всеві́даючий (vsevídajučyj) — having total knowledge
  • Vietnamese: toàn tri — having total knowledge
  • Vietnamese: nhất thiết trí — having total knowledge
  • Vietnamese: chính biến tri — having total knowledge
Real reading context

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