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knowledgeable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of knowledgeable

1 having information especially as a result of study or experience
  • I'm fairly knowledgeable about art.
Synonyms of knowledgeable

abreast, acquainted, conversant, familiar, informed, up, up-to-date, versed, well-informed
Words Related to knowledgeable

alive, aware, cognizant, conscious, heedful, mindful, sensible, sentient
Phrases Synonymous with knowledgeable

at home, in the know
Near Antonyms of knowledgeable

insensible, unaware, unconscious, unmindful

blind, oblivious, unknowing, unwitting

inattentive, unheeding
Antonyms of knowledgeable

ignorant, unacquainted, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowledgeable
2 having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
  • Knowledgeable historians regard that story as pure fiction.
  • a knowledgeable report on the latest advances in cancer research
Synonyms of knowledgeable

educated, erudite, learned, lettered, literate, scholarly, well-read
Words Related to knowledgeable

civilized, cultivated, cultured

cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual

polished, refined, well-bred

academic (also academical), bookish, didactic, didactical, inkhorn, pedantic, professorial

informed, instructed, schooled, skilled, trained

homeschooled, self-educated, self-instructed, self-taught

briefed, enlightened, informed, versed
Near Antonyms of knowledgeable

uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured

lowbrow, semiliterate, unintellectual

ill-bred, unpolished, unrefined

uninformed, unknowledgeable

uninstructed, unschooled, untaught, untutored

semiliterate, undereducated
Antonyms of knowledgeable

benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unscholarly

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  1. Dictionary: Definition of knowledgeable Spanish Central: Translation of knowledgeable Nglish: Translation of knowledgeable for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of knowledgeable for Arabic speakers

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