conversance
Being well acquainted
Conversance is familiarity or acquaintance with a subject, typically gained through experience or study.
Someone with conversance in a field has working knowledge of it, though the term suggests less depth than expertise or mastery.
Her conversance with local regulations made her invaluable to the team.
The word is somewhat formal and appears less frequently than its near-synonym familiarity.
Person slightly known
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
ease · comfort · naturalness · second-nature · routine · experience · involvement · adaptation
Mental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- graspSeize or understand
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- cognizanceState of knowing something
insight · learning · education · literacy · erudition · scholarship · wisdom · intellect
Skill from extensive practice
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- masteryComplete skill or control
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- adeptnessHighly developed ability
fluency · command · facility · dexterity · aptitude · capability · proficiency · knowledgeability
acquaintance
Person slightly known
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
habituation · ease · comfort · naturalness · second-nature · routine · experience · involvement · adaptation · affinity
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- graspSeize or understand
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
cognizance · insight · learning · education · literacy · erudition · scholarship · wisdom · intellect · cognition
expertise
Skill from extensive practice
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- masteryComplete skill or control
- skillAcquired ability through practice
adeptness · fluency · command · facility · dexterity · aptitude · capability · proficiency · knowledgeability · groundedness
conversanceignorance
Absence of knowledge
unfamiliarity · inexperience · unawareness · nescience · cluelessness
conversancenovicehood
Condition of being new
amateurishness · inexpertness · estrangement · disconnection · alienation