Meanings
adjectiveknowledgeable (comparative more knowledgeable, superlative most knowledgeable)
comparative more knowledgeable · superlative most knowledgeable · alternative rare knowledgable
- Educated and well-informed.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
Similar
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehighly educated; having extensive information or understanding
adjectivethoroughly acquainted through study or experience
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Origin
Translations
Arabic عَارِف, عَالِم
- عَارِف (ʕārif)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- عَالِم (ʕālim)well informed
Bulgarian знаещ, образован
- знаещ (znaešt)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- образован (obrazovan)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- начетен (načeten)well informed
- просветен (prosveten)well informed
Catalan erudit, entès
- erudithaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- entèswell informed
Chinese Mandarin 知識淵博的 /知识渊博的, 有見識的 /有见识的
- 知識淵博的 /知识渊博的 (zhīshi yuānbó de)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- 有見識的 /有见识的 (yǒu jiànshi de)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- 博學的 /博学的 (bóxué de)well informed
- 見多識廣的 /见多识广的 (jiànduōshíguǎng de)well informed
Czech erudovaný
- erudovanýhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
Dutch geïnformeerd, goed ingelicht
- geïnformeerdhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- goed ingelichtwell informed
Esperanto sperta
- spertahaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
Finnish tietorikas, tietorikas
- tietorikashaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- tietorikaswell informed
- tietäväinenwell informed
French savant, instruit
- savanthaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- instruithaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
German kenntnisreich, kundig
- kenntnisreichhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- kundighaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- sachkundighaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- bewandertehaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- unterrichtetwell informed
- bewandertwell informed
- kompetentwell informed
Greek επαΐων, γνώστης
- επαΐων (epaḯon)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- γνώστης (gnóstis)well informed
Hindi जानकार, सुविज्ञ
- जानकार (jānkār)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- सुविज्ञ (suvijña)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- ज्ञानी (jñānī)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- जानकार (jānkār)well informed
- सुविज्ञ (suvijña)well informed
- ज्ञानी (jñānī)well informed
Indonesian berpengetahuan, berilmu
- berpengetahuanhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- berilmuhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
Irish eolach
- eolachwell informed
Italian erudito, istruito
- eruditohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- istruitohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- espertohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- informatowell informed
Persian دانا, شناسا
- دانا (dânâ)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- شناسا (šenâsâ)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- کاردان (kârdân)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
Polish obeznany, uczony
- obeznanyhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- uczonyhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- oczytanyhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
Portuguese instruído, sábio
- instruídohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- sábiohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- eruditohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- informadowell informed
Russian зна́ющий, образо́ванный
- зна́ющий (znájuščij)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- образо́ванный (obrazóvannyj)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- учёный (učónyj)having knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- осведомлённый (osvedomljónnyj)well informed
- информи́рованный (informírovannyj)well informed
Scottish Gaelic fiosrach, eòlach
- fiosrachhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- eòlachhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- fiosrachwell informed
- eòlachwell informed
Spanish instruido, entendido
- instruidohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- entendidohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- conocedorhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- sabedorhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- sabidohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- puesto enhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- escientehaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- entendedorhaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- cultohaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
Swedish kunnig, kunnig
- kunnighaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- kunnigwell informed
Turkish bilgili, bilgili
- bilgilihaving knowledge, especially of a particular subject
- bilgiliwell informed
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