Main entry: knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read
Definition: highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
Usage: knowing instructors; a knowledgeable critic; a knowledgeable audience
Main entry: knowledgeable, intimate, versed
Definition: thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
Usage: this girl, so intimate with nature-W.H.Hudson; knowledgeable about the technique of painting- Herbert Read
Main entry: knowing, knowledgeable
Definition: alert and fully informed
Usage: a knowing collector of rare books; surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on