conversant

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: con=ver=sant

CIDE DICTIONARY

conversant, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of conversari: cf. F. conversant.].

•  Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.  [1913 Webster]

  "I have been conversant with the first persons of the age."  [1913 Webster]
•  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."  [1913 Webster]

  "he uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all."  [1913 Webster]

  "Conversant only with the ways of men."  [1913 Webster]
•  Concerned; occupied.  [1913 Webster]

  "Education . . . is conversant about children."  [1913 Webster]

conversant, n. 

 One who converses with another; a convenser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

conversant, adj. (foll. by with) well experienced or acquainted with a subject, person, etc.

Derivative

conversance n. conversancy n.

Etymology

ME f. OF, pres. part. of converser CONVERSE(1)

THESAURUS

conversant

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

ROGET THESAURUS

conversant

Skill

N skill, skillfulness, address, dexterity, dexterousness, adroitness, expertness, proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight, mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy, ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, sleight of hand, seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship, rope-dancing, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, art, science, technicality, technology, practical knowledge, technical knowledge, knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire, tact, mother wit, discretion, finesse, craftiness, management, self-help, cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius, intelligence, sharpness, readiness, invention, aptness, aptitude, turn for, capacity for, genius for, felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation, proficient, masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force, good stroke, skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain, slick, smart, proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished, conversant, experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed, up in, well up in, in practice, in proper cue, competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished, clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed, inventive, shrewd, sharp, on the ball, cunning, alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff, discreet, neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure- footed, cut out for, fitted for, technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian, shipshape, workman- like, business-like, statesman-like, skillfully, well, artistically, with skill, with consummate skill, secundum artem, suo Marte, to the best of one's abilities, ars celare artem, artes honorabit, celui qui veut celui-la peut, c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher son, expertus metuit, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein C, heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute, if you have lemons, make lemonade.