knowledgeable

Adjective

Synonyms: knowing learned lettered well-educated well-read intimate versed

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

highly educated; having extensive information or understanding“knowing instructors”“a knowledgeable critic”“a knowledgeable audience”Synonyms: knowing learned lettered well-educated well-read
alert and fully informed“a knowing collector of rare books”“surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on”Synonyms: knowing
thoroughly acquainted through study or experience“this girl, so intimate with nature — W.H.Hudson”“knowledgeable about the technique of painting — Herbert Read”Synonyms: intimate versed

Webster's Dictionary (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]