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educated

/ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/adjective4 syllables

Educated means: possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge).

Synonyms for educated15

adjective, as in possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read, literate, self-educated, semiliterate, civilized, civilised, enlightened, informed, intellectual, numerate

adjective, as in characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved

Opposites of educated

uneducated

What does educated mean?2

adjective

1

possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

2

characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved“an educated guess”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Educated in a sentence

  • You can make an educated guess, can't you?CK
  • In many cases, refugees were highly educated professionals in their former home nation.CM
  • Linguists are both athletic and educated, and that's just their tongues.papabear
  • As people are still generally insufficiently educated, wars are still inevitable.nonong
  • The majority of these emigrants are well-educated and middle-class.The_World_Factbook
  • He is no less educated than his brother.AlanF_US
  • An arrogant educated person got into a boat.gauravjiii
  • People are more educated now than they used to be.CK

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