educated
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
educated
adj 1: possessing an education (especially having more than
average knowledge) [ant: {uneducated}]
2: characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved;
"an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" [syn:
{educated}, {enlightened}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
educate \ed"u*cate\ ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Educated} ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Educating} ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. educatus, p. p.
of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to
educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up (a child). See
{Educe}.]
To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop
and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but
more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to
expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty,
etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of;
to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic
instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to
educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
Syn: To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify;
bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "educated":
abreast of, abstruse, advanced, ameliorated, au courant,
autodidactic, beautified, bettered, briefed, civilized, converted,
critical, cultivated, cultured, deep, developed, discerning,
embellished, encyclopedic, enhanced, enlightened, enriched,
erudite, improved, informed, instructed, knowledgeable, learned,
lettered, literary, literate, pansophic, perfected, polished,
polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, posted, primed, profound,
refined, reformed, scholarly, scholastic, schooled,
self-instructed, sensitive, studious, taught, trained,
transfigured, transformed, up on, up-to-date, versed,
well-informed, well-read, well-versed, wise
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