Conversant Definition

kən-vûrsənt, kŏnvər-
adjective
Familiar or acquainted (with), esp. as a result of study or experience; versed (in)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
noun

One who converses with another.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Conversant

Noun

Singular:
conversant
Plural:
conversants

Origin of Conversant

  • Middle English conversaunt associated with from Old French conversant present participle of converser to associate with from Latin conversārī converse1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French conversant, present participle of converser

    From Wiktionary

Conversant Sentence Examples

  • Please ensure you are fully conversant with the meaning of light signals.

  • He quickly became conversant with the English, French and Italian languages, but all his extant letters written in English appear singularly ill-spelt and illiterate.

  • Firdousi's own education eminently qualified him for the gigantic task which he subsequently undertook, for he was profoundly versed in the Arabic language arid 1'itefature and had also studied deeply the Pahlavi or Old Persian, and was conversant with the ancient historical records which existed in that tongue.

  • Much of his work was on computers and in his 11 years at the college Davies became thoroughly conversant with Fortran.

  • As regards the Brahman, he would doubtless be chosen from one of those other three classes, but would be expected to have made himself thoroughly conversant with the texts and ritual details appertaining to all the officiating priests.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to conversant using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

TNTANT

Unscrambles

conversant

Words Starting With C and Ending With T

Starts With C & Ends With TStarts With CO & Ends With TStarts With C & Ends With NT

Word Length

10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With C10 Letter Words Ending With T