knowledgeable

English

Alternative forms

• knowledgable (rare)

Etymology

From knowledge +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/

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• (General American) enPR: nŏ'lĭ-jə-bl, IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.lɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /nɒleːd͡ʒabil/
• Hyphenation: know‧ledge‧a‧ble

Adjective

knowledgeable (comparative more knowledgeable, superlative most knowledgeable)

1. Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.

   a knowledgeable man

2. Educated and well-informed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:learned
• See also Thesaurus:intelligent

Antonyms

• unknowledgeable

Derived terms

• knowledgeability
• knowledgeableness
• knowledgeably
• self-knowledgeable
• techknowledgeable

Translations

having knowledge, especially of a particular subject — see also aware,‎ expert

Arabic: عَارِف m (ʕārif) Armenian: բանիմաց (hy) (banimacʻ), գիտուն (hy) (gitun) Bikol Central: tatao (bcl) Bulgarian: знаещ (bg) (znaešt), образован (bg) (obrazovan) Catalan: erudit (ca) Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏔᎿᎢ (agatahnai) Chinese: Mandarin: 知識淵博的 / 知识渊博的 (zhīshi yuānbó de), 有見識的 / 有见识的 (yǒu jiànshi de) Czech: erudovaný (cs) Dutch: geïnformeerd (nl) Esperanto: sperta Finnish: tietorikas French: savant (fr), instruit (fr) Galician: erudito m, coñecedor (gl) m, sabido (gl), sabedor (gl) German: kenntnisreich, kundig (de), sachkundig (de) Greek: επαΐων (el) m (epaḯon) Hindi: जानकार (hi) (jānkār), सुविज्ञ (suvijña), ज्ञानी (hi) (jñānī) Indonesian: berpengetahuan (id), berilmu (id) Italian: erudito (it) m, istruito (it), esperto (it) Persian: دانا (fa) (dânâ), شناسا (fa) (šenâsâ), کاردان (fa) (kârdân) Polish: obeznany (pl) Portuguese: instruído (pt) m, sábio (pt) m, erudito (pt) m Russian: зна́ющий (ru) (znájuščij), образо́ванный (ru) (obrazóvannyj), учёный (ru) (učónyj) Scottish Gaelic: fiosrach, eòlach Serbo-Croatian: naòbrāžen (sh), ȕčen (sh), òbrazovān (sh) Spanish: erudito (es), instruido (es), entendido (es), conocedor (es), sabedor (es), sabido (es), puesto en, esciente (dated), entendedor (es), culto (es) Swedish: kunnig (sv) Tocharian B: ūwe Turkish: bilgili (tr)

well informed

Arabic: عَالِم (ar) m (ʕālim) Bikol Central: tatao (bcl) Bulgarian: начетен (bg) (načeten), просветен (bg) (prosveten) Catalan: entès (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 博學的 / 博学的 (bóxué de), 見多識廣的 / 见多识广的 (jiànduōshíguǎng de) Dutch: goed ingelicht Finnish: tietorikas, tietäväinen (fi) Galician: informado m, instruído German: unterrichtet (de), bewandert (de), kompetent (de) Greek: γνώστης (el) m (gnóstis) Hindi: जानकार (hi) (jānkār), सुविज्ञ (suvijña), ज्ञानी (hi) (jñānī) Irish: eolach Italian: informato (it) m Portuguese: informado (pt) m Russian: осведомлённый (ru) (osvedomljónnyj), информи́рованный (ru) (informírovannyj) Scottish Gaelic: fiosrach, eòlach Spanish: informado (es) Swedish: kunnig (sv) Turkish: bilgili (tr)

Noun

knowledgeable (plural knowledgeables)

1. (India) A person who has knowledge; an informed party.