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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with detailed knowledge |
| Synonyms: | aware, educated, in the know, intelligent, knowledgeable, schooled, trained, versed, with it |
| Antonyms: | uneducated, unintelligent |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | educated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | learned, experienced |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, acquainted with, brainy, civilized, coached, corrected, cultivated, cultured, developed, enlightened, enriched, erudite, expert, finished, fitted, formed, informed, initiated, instructed, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, literary, literate, nurtured, polished, prepared, professional, refined, scholarly, schooled, scientific, shaped, skilled, tasteful, taught, trained, tutored, versed in, well-informed, well-read, well-taught, well-versed |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, stupid, uncultured, uneducated, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | intelligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very smart |
| Synonyms: | able, acute, alert, alive, all there, apt, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, calculating, capable, clever, comprehending, creative, deep*, discerning, enlightened, exceptional, highbrow, imaginative, ingenious, instructed, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, original, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, profound, quick, quick-witted, rational, ready, reasonable, resourceful, responsible, sage, sharp, smart, thinking, together*, understanding, well-informed, whiz*, wise, witty |
| Notes: | people are intelligent; statements are intelligible |
| Antonyms: | foolish, idiotic, imbecile, stupid, unintelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, aware |
| Synonyms: | alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, cool*, crack*, deliberate, discerning, expert, insightful, intelligent, intended, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, percipient, qualified, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophic, sophisticated, tuned-in, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, with-it, witting, worldly, worldly-wise |
| Antonyms: | inexperienced, unaware, uncognizant, unknowing |
* = 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: | studious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scholarly, attentive |
| Synonyms: | academic, assiduous, bookish, bookworm, busy, careful, contemplative, diligent, eager, earnest, grubbing, hard-working, industrious, intellectual, learned, lettered, meditative, reflective, sedulous, serious, thoughtful, well-informed, well-read |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inattentive, lazy, unscholarly |
| Main Entry: | versed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, informed |
| Synonyms: | abreast, accomplished, acquainted, au courant*, au fait, competent, conversant, familiar, in the know, knowledgeable, learned, practical, practiced, proficient, qualified, savvy, seasoned, skilled, trained, tuned in, up on, up*, versant, veteran, well-informed |
| Antonyms: | green, immature, inexperienced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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