- clear and certain mental apprehension

- highly educated

- having extensive information or understanding
"an enlightened public"
"knowing instructors"
"a knowledgeable critic"
"a knowledgeable audience"

- evidencing the possession of inside information

- alert and fully informed
"politically aware"
"a knowing collector of rare books"
"the most...technically aware of the novelists under thirty"- W.S.Graham
"surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"

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

1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.

"The knowing and intelligent part of the world." -- South.

2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]

1. Knowledge; hence, experience. " In my knowing." Shak.

"This sore night Hath trifled former knowings." -- Shak.