educated
Definition
- Adjective:
- Possessing education; having knowledge or skills acquired through systematic instruction or study: Describes a person who has received formal or informal teaching, resulting in knowledge, cultivated abilities, and refined tastes.
- Characterized by or displaying knowledge, culture, or sound judgment: Describes an opinion, decision, or manner that is informed, reasoned, and based on learning or experience.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She is a highly educated professional with degrees from prestigious universities.
- The policy was based on an educated assessment of the economic data.
- His educated accent and refined manners were immediately noticeable.
Advanced Usage
"Educated guess": A guess or estimate based on experience and available information, making it more reliable than a random guess.
- I don't know the exact number, but I can make an educated guess based on last year's figures.
"Educated palate": Refined taste, especially in food and drink, developed through experience.
- As a food critic, she has a very educated palate.
"Self-educated": Having acquired knowledge or skills through one's own efforts, without formal instruction.
- He was a self-educated man who learned engineering from library books.
Variants and Related Words
- Education (n): The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction.
- Educate (v): To teach or provide schooling for someone.
- Educator (n): A person who provides instruction or education; a teacher.
- Well-educated (adj): Having a high standard of education.
Synonyms
- Learned: Possessing profound, often scholarly, knowledge.
- Knowledgeable: Intelligent and well-informed.
- Cultured: Characterized by refined taste and manners arising from broad education and exposure to the arts.
- Informed: Having or showing knowledge of a subject or situation.
Antonyms
- Uneducated: Not having been educated to a high standard; lacking knowledge.
- Ignorant: Lacking knowledge or awareness in general.
- Illiterate: Unable to read or write.
Adjective
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characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved
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an educated guess
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an enlightened electorate
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possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
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