Define the word knowledgeable"knowledgeable" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
knowledgeable \knowledgeable\ adj.
1. thoroughly acquainted with and skilled in something
through study or experience; as, knowledgeable in
classical languages. Opposite of unversed,
unacquainted, and unfamiliar.
Syn: versed.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. fully informed.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. highly educated; having information or understanding.
Syn: enlightened, learned, lettered, literate, well-educated,
well-read.
[WordNet 1.5] -- knowledgeability, n. --
knowledgeably, adv. -- knowledgeableness, n.
[PJC]
"knowledgeable" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
knowledgeable
adj 1: highly educated; having extensive information or
understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing
instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a
knowledgeable audience" [syn: enlightened, knowing,
learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read]
2: thoroughly acquainted with and skilled in something through
study or experience; "well versed in classical languages"
[syn: versed] [ant: unversed]
3: alert and fully informed; "politically aware"; "a knowing
collector of rare books"; "the most...technically aware of
the novelists under thirty"- W.S.Graham; "surprisingly
knowledgeable about what was going on" [syn: aware(p), knowing]
4: thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience;
"this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson;
"knowledgeaIble about the technique of painting"- Herbert
Read [syn: intimate, intimate with, knowledgeable about(p)]
"knowledgeable" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "knowledgeable":
all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
apprehensive, au courant, au fait, authoritative, aware, brainy,
bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, comprehending, confined,
conscious, cultured, discerning, enlightened, erudite, expert,
familiar, feature, featured, gnostic, in the know, insightful,
intelligent, knowing, knowledgable, learned, limited, mindful,
omniscient, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, prehensile,
quick-witted, ready, restricted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sharp,
shrewd, smart, sophic, sophisticated, specialist, specialistic,
specialized, technical, understanding, well-educated,
well-informed, well-read, wise, worldly
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