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Adjectives (8)
knowledgeable
adj. alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"
versed
adj. thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read
literate, enlightened, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read
adj. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"
Fuzzynyms (57)
learned, erudite
adj. having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"
literate, enlightened, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read
adj. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"
literate
adj. versed in literature; dealing with literature
cognizant, cognisant, cognizant of
adj. (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit"
experienced
adj. having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
discerning
adj. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader"
thoughtful, insightful
adj. having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"
experienced
adj. having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
good, expert, adept, competent, accomplished, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful
adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
able, capable
adj. have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"
polished, literary, well-written
adj. knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"
studious, bookish
adj. characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"
intellectual
adj. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"
mature
adj. having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
civilized, polite, cultivated, cultured, genteel
adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
enlightened
adj. having knowledge and spiritual insight;
knowing, blase, worldly
adj. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"
knowledgeable
adj. alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"
learned, erudite
adj. having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"
literate
adj. versed in literature; dealing with literature
cognizant, cognisant, cognizant of
adj. (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit"
experienced
adj. having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
scholarly
adj. characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"
wise, knowing, wise to
adj. evidencing the possession of inside information
Synonyms (21)
up on, abreast of, au courant, au fait
adj. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge; "kept abreast of the latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book au courant"; "always au fait on the latest events"; "up on the news"
advised
adj. having received information; "be kept advised"
conversant
adj. well informed about or familiar with; usu followed by "with": "conversant with business trends"
educated, enlightened
adj. having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"
hip, hep, hip to
adj. informed about the latest trends
wise, knowing, wise to
adj. evidencing the possession of inside information
well-read
adj. well informed or deeply versed through reading; "respect for a well-read man"; "well-read in medieval history"
instructed, schooled, taught, tutored
adj. all used only (or chiefly) with qualifiers "well" or "poorly" or "un-"
self-educated
adj. educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction
semiliterate
adj. literate but poorly informed
Antonyms (3)
ignorant, unversed
adj. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"
uneducated
adj. not having a good education
knowledgeable
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