'Conversant' definitions:
Definition of 'conversant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads" [syn: conversant(p), familiar(p)]
Definition of 'Conversant'
From: GCIDE
- Conversant \Con"ver*sant\, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of conversari: cf. F. conversant.]
- 1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted. [1913 Webster]
- I have been conversant with the first persons of the age. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in. [1913 Webster]
- Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- he uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Concerned; occupied. [1913 Webster]
- Education . . . is conversant about children. --W. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Conversant'
From: GCIDE
- Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, n. One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conversant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abreast,
- accomplished,
- acquainted,
- acquainted with,
- alive,
- apprehending,
- apprehensive,
- at concert pitch,
- at home in,
- at home with,
- au courant,
- au fait,
- awake,
- career,
- coached,
- cognizant,
- comprehending,
- conscious,
- conversant with,
- familiar with,
- finished,
- informed,
- informed in,
- initiate,
- initiated,
- intimate with,
- knowing,
- master of,
- no stranger to,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- practiced,
- prepared,
- primed,
- professional,
- proficient in,
- sensible,
- sentient,
- skilled,
- strong in,
- technical,
- trained,
- up,
- up on,
- up-to-date,
- used to,
- versed,
- versed in,
- well-read in,
- witting
Words containing 'Conversant'
- Conversable,
- Conversableness,
- Conversably,
- Conversance,
- Conversancy,
- Conversantly,
- Conversation,
- Conversational,
- Conversationed,
- Conversative,
- Converse,
- Converse, IN,
- Conversed,
- Conversely,
- Converser,
- Conversible,
- Conversing,
- Conversion,
- Conversive,
- conversationally,
- Converse County,
- Converse, LA,
- Converse, TX,
- Converse, WY,
- Criminal conversation,
- Illative conversion,
- conversation piece,
- conversation stopper,
- conversational partner,
- conversion disorder,
- conversion factor,
- conversion hysteria,
- conversion reaction,
- data conversion,
- telephone conversation,
- Converse County, WY