knowledgeable

English

Alternative forms

• knowledgable (rare)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English knowledge

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English knowledgeable

From knowledge + -able.

Pronunciation

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

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• (General American, Atlantic Canada) enPR: nŏ'lĭ-jə-bl, IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.lɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ̟l.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl]
• Hyphenation: know‧ledge‧a‧ble

Adjective

knowledgeable (comparative more knowledgeable, superlative most knowledgeable)

1. Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.

   Synonym: (informal) hot

   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,‎ erudite

• Arabic: عَارِف m (ʕārif)
• Armenian: բանիմաց (hy) (banimacʻ), գիտուն (hy) (gitun)
• Central Bikol: 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), bewanderte (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), uczony (pl), oczytany (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: instruido (es), entendido (es), conocedor (es), sabedor (es), sabido (es), puesto en, esciente, entendedor (es), culto (es)
• Swedish: kunnig (sv)
• Tocharian B: ūwe
• Turkish: bilgili (tr)

well informed — see also informed,‎ in the know

• Arabic: عَالِم (ar) m (ʕālim)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: 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
• Swedish: kunnig (sv)
• Turkish: bilgili (tr)

Noun

knowledgeable (plural knowledgeables)

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