Meanings
comparative better-informed · comparative more well-informed · superlative best-informed · superlative most well-informed
- Furnished with sufficient, correct knowledge.
You’re well-informed, so you already microwave your germy kitchen sponge. Or should you?
2019 October 7, Sandee LaMotte, “The germiest place in your home and the best way to combat those microbes”, in CNN2 more examples
Second, a railway research department represents a qualified and specialised consultancy service, to provide the basis for well-informed high-level decisions regarding new designs or possible lines of development.
1961 February 28, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 92This is especially important when things are not going to plan - well-informed passengers tend to react better to delays and disruption.
2022 March 9, Ben Jones, “RAIL Supplement: Return Ticket”, in RAIL, number 952, page 28 (supplement)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepossessing sound knowledge
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُطَّلِع
- مُطَّلِع (muṭṭaliʕ)furnished with knowledge
Chinese Mandarin 消息靈通的 /消息灵通的
- 消息靈通的 /消息灵通的 (xiāoxi língtōng de)furnished with knowledge
Danish velinformeret
- velinformeretfurnished with knowledge
Esperanto klera
- klerafurnished with knowledge
Finnish hyvin informoitu, hyvin perillä asioista
- hyvin informoitufurnished with knowledge
- hyvin perillä asioistafurnished with knowledge
German gut informiert
- gut informiertfurnished with knowledge
Hindi जानकार, ज्ञानी
- जानकार (jānkār)furnished with knowledge
- ज्ञानी (jñānī)furnished with knowledge
Norwegian Bokmål velinformert
- velinformertfurnished with knowledge
Polish dobrze poinformowany
- dobrze poinformowanyfurnished with knowledge
Russian осведомлённый, зна́ющий
- осведомлённыйfurnished with knowledge
- зна́ющий (znájuščij)furnished with knowledge
- информи́рованныйfurnished with knowledge
- проинформи́рованныйfurnished with knowledge
Scottish Gaelic fiosrach
- fiosrachfurnished with knowledge
Turkish bilgili
- bilgilifurnished with knowledge
Ukrainian обі́знаний, до́бре обі́знаний
- обі́знаний (obíznanyj)furnished with knowledge
- до́бре обі́знаний (dóbre obíznanyj)furnished with knowledge
- до́бре поінформо́ваний (dóbre poinformóvanyj)furnished with knowledge
Cite this entry
well-informed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-informed
“well-informed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-informed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “well-informed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-informed.
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