as in almighty
formal
knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge
an omniscient deity The novel has an omniscient narrator.
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Recent Examples of omniscient
The latter is the only male character to contribute to a running voiceover that otherwise alternates between the female principals, sometimes looking back on their youth with some distance, and a more omniscient narrator.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 May 2025
Because formalism disrupts patriarchal assumptions about the nature of aesthetic experience (namely, that the author possesses omniscient knowledge transferable to the reader), Woolf deploys it to depict the impressions and sensations that characterize the female experience.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
It’s set in a lighthouse on Lake Superior, where the great inland sea has its own moods and is the apparent dwelling place of an omniscient narrator whose comments begin every chapter.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
What is The Safeguard and is this omniscient AI called The Algorithm reinforcing the rules of the silos?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 May 2025
Because formalism disrupts patriarchal assumptions about the nature of aesthetic experience (namely, that the author possesses omniscient knowledge transferable to the reader), Woolf deploys it to depict the impressions and sensations that characterize the female experience.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
It’s set in a lighthouse on Lake Superior, where the great inland sea has its own moods and is the apparent dwelling place of an omniscient narrator whose comments begin every chapter.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
What is The Safeguard and is this omniscient AI called The Algorithm reinforcing the rules of the silos?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omniscient
Adjective
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No amount of vacuuming and brushing is a match for the almighty dog fur!—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Even the almighty James Webb Space Telescope, which can see farther out in space—and further back in time—than any other observatory, has yet to see any clear evidence (direct or indirect) of a Population III star.—
Robin George Andrews,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Undertaker plays the omnipotent executioner who can’t quite get Michaels to the chopping block.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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In subsequent retcons and embellishments over the years, before the Big Bang occurred for the seventh round, Galan was infused with the glowing omnipotent essence of the Sentience of the Cosmos to become the immortal being Galactus.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Diaz is accompanied by an immortal knight, a resourceful swashbuckler, an elderly vampire, a horny werewolf and an elf who can turn invisible (using a power that reminded me of Doli from The Prydain Chronicles).—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Sacchi had been hired to implement his countercultural style to Italy — the high-pressing, on-the-front-foot, winning-isn’t-enough-on-its-own mentality of his era-defining and immortal Milan side.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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In 27-year-old Guimaraes, 25-year-old Tonali, and 28-year-old Joelinton, Howe possesses a midfield three which combines athleticism, energy, power, aggression and supreme quality.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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My brother and many of my close friends paid the supreme sacrifice.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The eternal political problems of legitimacy, accountability, and succession would be solved by a secret board with the power to select and recall the otherwise all-powerful C.E.O. of each sovereign corporation, or SovCorp.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Hoping for everything to go right once in a while underneath an all-powerful general manager is not a recipe for long-term success.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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There's divine casting, and then there's divine casting.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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Evoking the concept of kingdoms while exploring diverse expressions of power, the pieces span empires, kingdoms, city-states, chiefdoms, and figures from divine rulers to heroic leaders.—
Essence,
Essence,
3 June 2025
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“Omniscient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscient. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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