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EDUCATED

Pronunciation (US):

• EDUCATED (adjective)
The adjective EDUCATED has 2 senses:

1. possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
2. having or based on relevant experience

Familiarity information: EDUCATED used as an adjective is rare.

• EDUCATED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

Similar:

enlightened; knowing; knowledgeable; learned; lettered; well-educated; well-read (highly educated; having extensive information or understanding)

literate (knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields)

self-educated (educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction)

semiliterate (literate but poorly informed)

Also:

civilised; civilized (having a high state of culture and development both social and technological)

literate (able to read and write)

intellectual (appealing to or using the intellect)

informed (having much knowledge or education)

enlightened (having knowledge and spiritual insight)

numerate (able to understand and use numbers)

Antonym:

uneducated (not having a good education)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Having or based on relevant experience

Synonyms:

educated; enlightened

Context examples:

an educated guess / an enlightened electorate

Similar:

informed (having much knowledge or education)

"Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today."
(English proverb)
"Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river."
(Native American proverb, Tuscarora)
"He who does not know the falcon would grill it."
(Arabic proverb)
"No news is good news."
(Dutch proverb)

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Pronunciation of knowledgeable
Definition of semiliterate
Definition of civilised
Definition of intellectual
Pronunciation of informed

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