Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

how should i know

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.61 in modern English

Syllables
how should i -know
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it; sometimes therefore also implying that the asker was wrong to ask the askee at all.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

how am I to know (alternative) how do I know (alternative) how would I know (alternative)

Phrases

what do I know

Frequently Paired Words

what do I know

Synonyms

God knows who knows I don't know

Antonyms

I know

Questions

What does how should i know mean?
A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it; sometimes therefore also implying that the asker was wrong to ask the askee at all.

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