knowledgeable

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}]
    

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]
    

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "knowledgeable":
      all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
      apprehensive, au courant, au fait, authoritative, aware, brainy,
      bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, comprehending, confined,
      conscious, cultured, discerning, enlightened, erudite, expert,
      familiar, feature, featured, gnostic, in the know, insightful,
      intelligent, knowing, knowledgable, learned, limited, mindful,
      omniscient, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, prehensile,
      quick-witted, ready, restricted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sharp,
      shrewd, smart, sophic, sophisticated, specialist, specialistic,
      specialized, technical, understanding, well-educated,
      well-informed, well-read, wise, worldly