omniscient.

Knowing everything, or presenting comprehensive knowledge within a given narrative or domain.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• omniscient narrator
• omniscient perspective

On the page

The omniscient narrator disclosed thoughts unavailable to the characters.

The perspective was presented as omniscient within the story, not as evidence about the author.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Normally relational or categorical; comparison only where the particular property admits gradation. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: artistic orientation, figurative interpretation, life writing, narrative knowledge. Disciplines: literary writing, literary analysis, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.