| Noun | 1. | knowing - clear and certain mental apprehensionken, cognizance - range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken" | |
| Adj. | 1. | knowing - evidencing the possession of inside informationinformed - having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" | |
| 2. | knowing - by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"intended - intentional or planned; "your intended trip abroud"; "an intended insult" | |
| 3. | knowing - 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"informed - having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" | |
| 4. | knowing - highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) | |