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Antonyms for knowledgeable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : nol-i-juh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒl ɪ dʒə bəl



Definition of knowledgeable

Origin :
  • also knowledgable, c.1600, "capable of being known, recognizable" (a sense now obsolete), from knowledge in its Middle English verbal sense + -able. The modern sense of "having knowledge, displaying knowledge" is from 1829 and probably a new formation.
  • adj aware, educated
Example sentences :
  • Oley wasn't so knowledgeable but what he would ask an occasional question.
  • Extract from : « Poppa Needs Shorts » by Leigh Richmond
  • So, judging I was a knowledgeable man, he asked my advice on this point.
  • Extract from : « Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion » by G. Hamilton-Browne
  • But as certainly he's an interesting, clever, knowledgeable beast.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens
  • Din Cotter is a knowledgeable man compared with the bulk of you.
  • Extract from : « Bits of Blarney » by R. Shelton Mackenzie
  • "He's a knowledgeable man, that," the old woman said with a shrewd smile.
  • Extract from : « Masters of the Guild » by L. Lamprey
  • But if that was so, how come Skinner, who didn't even work for Porter, was so knowledgeable about the drive?
  • Extract from : « By Proxy » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • She was an Upper-Upper, by the way, and the most knowledgeable fracas buff I ever met.
  • Extract from : « Frigid Fracas » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • The games had started as fights between skilled swordsmen, being observed by knowledgeable combat soldiers of a warrior people.
  • Extract from : « Frigid Fracas » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Yet knowledgeable, if lesser, men found the Songs and Meditacions worth reading.
  • Extract from : « Divine Songs and Meditacions (1653) » by Anne Collins
  • They're passionate and knowledgeable about the field and it shows in the excellent selection on display at the stores.
  • Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow

Synonyms for knowledgeable

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