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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, alert, alive, appraised, appreciative, apprehensive, apprised, attentive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, cool*, enlightened, familiar, go-go, groovy*, grounded, heedful, hip*, in the know, in the picture, informed, into*, know the score, know what's what, know-how, knowing, latched on, mindful, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, receptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned in, up on, wise, wise to, wised up, with it |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, insensitive, unaware, unconscious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | familiar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, apprised, at home with, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded, in on, in the know, informed, introduced, kept posted, mindful, no stranger to, plugged in, savvy, tuned in, up on, up*, versant, versed in, well up in, with it |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unacquainted, unknowledgeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knowledgeable |
| 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: | privy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aware |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, apprised, cognizant, conscious, in on, in the know, informed, private, privileged, wise |
| Antonyms: | unaware, unknowing |
| Main Entry: | versant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | familiar |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, apprised, at home with, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded*, in on, in the know, informed, introduced, kept posted, mindful, no stranger to, plugged in, savvy*, tuned in, up on, up*, versed, versed in, well up in, with it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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