knowledgeability
State of being informed
Knowledgeability is the quality of being knowledgeable—having substantial information or understanding about a subject.
The word emphasizes the trait as a measurable attribute: Her knowledgeability about wine impressed the sommelier.
It's more formal and less common than simply saying someone "knows a lot."
Mental understanding of meaning
- graspSeize or understand
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
cognizance · familiarity · acquaintance · conversance · grounding · command · clarity · insight
Good judgment from experience
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- sagacityPenetrating mental acuity
- perspicacityKeen mental perception
- acumenSharpness of mind
astuteness · shrewdness · perception · intuition · foresight · discrimination · discretion · perceptiveness
Concentrated expertise in one field
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- masteryComplete skill or control
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- proficiencySkilled performance level
adeptness · savvy · skillfulness · prowess · capability · aptitude · experience · expertness
Educational funding or erudition
- learnednessScholarly wisdom accumulated
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- educationSystematic development of mind
- intellectualismEmphasis on reasoning pursuits
literacy · bookishness · studiousness · well-read · cultured · academic · scholarly · informed
comprehension
Mental understanding of meaning
apprehension · cognizance · familiarity · acquaintance · conversance · grounding · command · clarity · insight · appreciation
wisdom
Good judgment from experience
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- sagacityPenetrating mental acuity
- perspicacityKeen mental perception
acumen · astuteness · shrewdness · perception · intuition · foresight · discrimination · discretion · perceptiveness · insightfulness
specialization
Concentrated expertise in one field
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- masteryComplete skill or control
- competenceAdequate ability to function
proficiency · adeptness · savvy · skillfulness · prowess · capability · aptitude · experience · expertness · finesse
scholarship
Educational funding or erudition
- learnednessScholarly wisdom accumulated
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- educationSystematic development of mind
intellectualism · literacy · bookishness · studiousness · well-read · cultured · academic · scholarly · informed · lettered
knowledgeabilityignorance
Absence of knowledge
cluelessness · unawareness · obliviousness · benightedness · illiteracy
knowledgeabilitynaivety
Innocent lack of experience
inexperience · naïveté · innocence · unsophistication · greenness
know, knowledge, knowing, unknown, acknowledge, acknowledged, knowingly, knowledgeable, acknowledging