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| Main Entry: | knowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, aware |
| Synonyms: | alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, cool*, crack*, deliberate, discerning, expert, insightful, intelligent, intended, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, qualified, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophisticated, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise, percipient, sophic, tuned-in, with-it, witting |
| Antonyms: | inexperienced, unaware, unknowing, uncognizant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | know |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand information |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, experience, fathom, grasp, have, ken, learn, notice, perceive, prize, realize, recognize, see, undergo, apperceive, be acquainted, be cognizant, be conversant in, be informed, be learned, be master of, be read, be schooled, be versed, cognize, feel certain, get the idea, have down pat, have information, have knowledge of, keep up on, on top of |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | know |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be familiar with |
| Synonyms: | associate, experience, feel, fraternize, identify, savor, see, sustain, taste, undergo, be acquainted with, be friends with, get acquainted, have dealings with |
| Antonyms: | forget, be ignorant |
| Main Entry: | astute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceptive |
| Synonyms: | adroit, brainy, bright, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, discerning, foxy, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, not born yesterday*, on the ball*, perspicacious, sagacious, savvy, sharp, shrewd, sly, quick on the uptake, sharp as a tack |
| Antonyms: | asinine, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, obtuse, shallow, stupid, thick, unintelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awake |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conscious; alert |
| Synonyms: | alive, attentive, aware, cognizant, excited, heedful, knowing, observant, on guard, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful, aroused, awakened, roused |
| Antonyms: | asleep, unconscious |
| Main Entry: | aware |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, alert, alive, appraised, appreciative, apprehensive, apprised, attentive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, cool*, enlightened, familiar, go-go, groovy*, grounded, heedful, hip*, in the know, in the picture, informed, into*, know the score, know what's what, know-how, knowing, latched on, mindful, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, receptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned in, up on, wise, wise to, wised up, with it* |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, insensitive, unaware, unconscious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blasé |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonchalant |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, bored, cool*, disenchanted, fed up*, indifferent, jaded, knowing, laid-back*, lukewarm*, mellow*, mundane, offhand, sophisticated, unconcerned, uninterested, unmoved, weary, worldly, been around twice, cloyed, disentranced, done it all, glutted, satiated, sick of, sophisticate, surfeited, unexcited, world-weary |
| Antonyms: | enthusiastic, excited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | canny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, artful |
| Synonyms: | able, acute, adroit, astute, cagey, careful, cautious, circumspect, cunning, dexterous, discreet, foxy*, frugal, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, knowing, perspicacious, prudent, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, shrewd, skillful, slick, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth*, street smart*, subtle, wary, watchful, wise, with it*, worldly-wise, having fancy footwork, hep, nimble-witted, streetwise |
| Antonyms: | foolish, inept, silly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead*, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
| Antonyms: | awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cognizant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aware |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, awake, conscious, conversant, familiar, hip to, informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, versed, with it*, down with, grounded, hep to, in on, in the know, in the picture, on the beam, on to, plugged in, tuned in, up on, wise to, witting |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unaware, unfamiliar, uninformed, unwitting, unknowledgeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conversant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, familiar with |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, conscious, cool*, hip*, informed, into, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, practiced, proficient, sensible, sentient, skilled, up*, up-to-date, versed, well-informed, comprehending, down with, hep, kept posted, on the beam, percipient, plugged in, versant, witting |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inexperienced, quiet, silent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crafty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, scheming |
| Synonyms: | adroit, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, cunning, deceitful, deep, designing, devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, foxy*, fraudulent, insidious, intelligent, keen, knowing, sharp, shrewd, slick, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth, street smart*, subtle, tricky, vulpine, wily, crazy like fox, guileful, streetwise |
| Antonyms: | honest, naive, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discerning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discriminating |
| Synonyms: | acute, astute, bright, brilliant, clever, critical, ingenious, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, sagacious, sage, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise, clear-sighted, gnostic, insighted, percipient |
| Antonyms: | neglectful, negligent, disregardful, overlooking, undiscerning, undiscriminating |
| Main Entry: | disenchanted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | let down |
| Synonyms: | blasé, cynical, disappointed, disillusioned, embittered, indifferent, jaundiced, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise, disenthralled, disentranced, mondaine, out of love, sick of, sophisticate, soured, undeceived |
| Antonyms: | enchanted, encouraged |
| Main Entry: | disillusioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed |
| Synonyms: | blasé, broken, disenchanted, embittered, enlightened, freed, indifferent, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise, brought down to earth, debunked, disabused, disenthralled, disentranced, let-down, mondaine, out of love, punctured, sadder and wiser, shattered, undeceived |
| Antonyms: | enchanted, encouraged, enthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | foxy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shrewd |
| Synonyms: | artful, astute, canny, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deep, devious, dishonest, experienced, insidious, intelligent, knowing, sharp, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, vulpine, wily, guileful, retiary |
| Antonyms: | naive, unintelligent, unclever, unsmart |
| Main Entry: | insightful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceptive |
| Synonyms: | alert, astute, awake, aware, brainy, conscious, cute, discerning, ear to the ground, intelligent, intuitive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, knows what's what, observant, penetrating, penetrative, quick, responsive, savvy, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, smart, tuned in, understanding, wise |
| Main Entry: | intelligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very smart |
| Synonyms: | able, acute, alert, alive, apt, astute, brainy*, bright, brilliant, calculating, capable, clever, creative, deep*, discerning, enlightened, exceptional, highbrow*, imaginative, ingenious, instructed, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, original, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, profound, quick, quick-witted, rational, ready, reasonable, resourceful, responsible, sage, sharp, smart, thinking, together*, understanding, well-informed, whiz*, wise, witty, all there, comprehending |
| Notes: | people are intelligent; statements are intelligible |
| Antonyms: | foolish, idiotic, imbecile, stupid, unintelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interpretation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | analysis, apprehension, assimilation, awareness, clarification, comprehension, discernment, explanation, grasp, grip, insight, judgment, knowing, meaning, perception, reading, slant, translation |
| Main Entry: | knowledgeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aware, educated |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, alert, appreciative, au courant, au fait, brainy*, bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, conscious, conversant, discerning, erudite, experienced, familiar, informed, insightful, intelligent, knowing, learned, lettered, omniscient, perceptive, prescient, privy, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, savvy, scholarly, sensible, sharp, smart, sophisticated, understanding, versed, well-informed, well-rounded, wise, apprised, in the know, plugged in, posted, sophic, tuned-in, with-it |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unaware, uneducated, uninformed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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