Knowledgeable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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