knowing

 
Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊɪŋ/

adjective

  • 1showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness that is secret or known to only a few people: a knowing smile
  • chiefly derogatory experienced or shrewd, especially excessively or prematurely so: today’s society is too knowing, too corrupt
  • 2done in full awareness or consciousness: a knowing breach of the order by the appellants

noun

[mass noun]
  • the state of being aware or informed.

Phrases

there is no knowing

no one can tell: if we go there’s no knowing what will happen

Derivatives

knowingness

noun