[syn: intimate, knowledgeable, versed]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
knowledgeable
adj 1: highly educated; having extensive information or
understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable
critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" [syn: knowing,
knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated,
well-read]
2: alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare
books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"
[syn: knowledgeable, knowing]
3: thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this
girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable
about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read [syn:
intimate, knowledgeable, versed]