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Synonyms

well-informed

American  
[wel-in-fawrmd] / ˈwɛl ɪnˈfɔrmd /

adjective

  1. having extensive knowledge, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects.

well-informed British  

adjective

  1. having knowledge about a great variety of subjects

    he seems to be a well-informed person

  2. possessing reliable information on a particular subject

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Etymology

Origin of well-informed

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

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One I heard while working as a journalist in Moscow in the early 1980s: “A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The identity of the oracular, or exceedingly well-informed, account holder is not known.

From MarketWatch

The identity of the oracular, or exceedingly well-informed, account holder is not known.

From MarketWatch

Kennedy is absolutely right that this system needs reform — but his prescriptions aren’t well-informed by evidence and seem poised to exacerbate the problem.

From Salon

He added that the teenage Farage was "very well-informed" and "had a sense of history and politics already at that time".

From BBC

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