1
[ adjective ] highly educated; having extensive information or understanding

Examples

"an enlightened public" "knowing instructors" "a knowledgeable critic" "a knowledgeable audience"

Used in print

(H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)

This may both divert the attention of the uninitiate and cause confusion for the more knowledgeable .

Related terms

educated

2
[ adjective ] highly educated; having extensive information or understanding

Examples

"an enlightened public" "knowing instructors" "a knowledgeable critic" "a knowledgeable audience"

Related terms

educated

3
[ adjective ] thoroughly acquainted with and skilled in something through study or experience

Synonyms

versed

Examples

"well versed in classical languages"

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unversed

4
[ adjective ] alert and fully informed

Synonyms

knowing aware

Examples

"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"

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informed

5
[ adjective ] thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience

Examples

"this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read

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experienced

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