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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
knowledgeable \knowledgeable\ adjective
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}, noun -- {knowledgeably}, adverb -- {knowledgeableness}, noun [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
knowledgeable
adjective
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
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