knowledgeable

Main Entry:
knowledgeable [nol-i-juh-buhl]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: aware, educated
Synonyms: abreast, acquainted, alert, appreciative, apprised, au courant, au fait, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, conscious, conversant, discerning, erudite, experienced, familiar, in the know, informed, insightful, intelligent, knowing, learned, lettered, omniscient, perceptive, plugged in, posted, prescient, privy, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, savvy, scholarly, sensible, sharp, smart, sophic, sophisticated, tuned-in, understanding, versed, well-informed, well-rounded, wise, with-it
Antonyms: ignorant, unaware, uneducated, uninformed
Main Entry: appreciative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: understanding, recognizing worth
Synonyms: admiring, affectionate, alive, aware, cognizant, conscious, considerate, cooperative, cordial, enlightened, enthusiastic, favorable, friendly, generous, keen, kindly, knowledgeable, magnanimous, mindful, perceptive, pleased, receptive, regardful, respectful, responsive, satisfied, sensitive, supportive, sympathetic, understanding
Antonyms: ignorant, neglectful
Main Entry: au courant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: in the current
Synonyms: abreast of, aware, cognizant, current, enlightened, hip, hip*, informed, knowledgeable, up on, up to speed, up to speed, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, well-informed
Main Entry: brilliant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very intelligent
Synonyms: Einstein, accomplished, acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, eggheaded, expert, genius, gifted, ingenious, intellectual, inventive, knowing, knowledgeable, masterly, penetrating, profound, quick, quick-witted, sharp, smart, talented, whip, whiz kid
Antonyms: stupid, unaware, unintelligent
Main Entry: clever
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bright, ingenious
Synonyms: able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty
Antonyms: awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever
Main Entry: cognizant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: aware
Synonyms: acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, awake, conscious, conversant, down with, familiar, grounded, hep to, hip to, in on, in the know, in the picture, informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, observant, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, savvy, sensible, sentient, tuned in, up on, versed, wise to, with it, witting
Antonyms: ignorant, unaware, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowledgeable, unwitting
Main Entry: conversant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: experienced, familiar with
Synonyms: abreast, acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, cool*, down with, hep, hip*, informed, into, kept posted, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, on the beam, perceptive, percipient, plugged in, practiced, proficient, sensible, sentient, skilled, up*, up-to-date, versant, versed, well-informed, witting
Antonyms: ignorant, inexperienced, quiet, silent
Main Entry: cultured
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: well-bred, experienced
Synonyms: able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, blue-stocking, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, cultivated, distingue, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, high-class, highbrow, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, savant, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed, well-informed
Notes: cultured refers to people and pearls; cultivated refers to mind, tastes, speech, or behavior
Antonyms: ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated
Main Entry: discerning
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: discriminating
Synonyms: acute, astute, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted, clever, critical, gnostic, ingenious, insighted, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, sagacious, sage, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise
Antonyms: disregardful, neglectful, negligent, overlooking, undiscerning, undiscriminating
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