ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Conversant

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /kənˈvɜːsənt/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Conversant is an adjective meaning Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.

Meaning

Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.

More Meanings

  1. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.
  2. One who converses with another.
  3. (archaic) Concerned; occupied.

Example Sentences

She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.
c. 1694, John Dryden, letter to Mr. John Dennis deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy
If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself.
We ſee in all things how deſuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties, ſo that we may apprehend only thoſe things wherein we are converſant.

Word Forms

Synonyms for conversant

Depending on context, synonyms include interlocutor, familiar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include informed, familiar, understanding, understand, acquainted, unfamiliar.

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