knowing

Adjective

• highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
  • knowing instructors
    
  • a knowledgeable critic
    
  • a knowledgeable audience
    

• alert and fully informed
  • a knowing collector of rare books
    
  • surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on
    

• characterized by conscious design or purpose
  • intentional damage
    
  • a knowing attempt to defraud
    
  • a willful waste of time
    

• evidencing the possession of inside information

Noun

• a clear and certain mental apprehension

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  knowledgeable , learned , lettered , well-educated , well-read , intentional , wise(p) , wise to(p)