'Educated' definitions:
Definition of 'educated'
From: WordNet
adjective
Possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) [ant: uneducated]
adjective
Characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" [syn: educated, enlightened]
Definition of 'Educated'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Educated'
From: GCIDE
- Educated \Ed"u*ca`ted\, a. Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'educated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Educated'
- Educating,
- Education,
- Educational,
- Educative,
- Educator,
- Educe,
- Educed,
- Educible,
- Educing,
- educability,
- educable,
- educate,
- educationally,
- Liberal education,
- Physical education,
- adult education,
- board of education,
- continuing education,
- department of education,
- doctor of education,
- education department,
- education secretary,
- educational activity,
- educational institution,
- educational program,
- elementary education,
- higher education,
- master of education,
- secondary education,
- secretary of education,
- special education,
- vocational education,
- Self-educated,
- co-educate,
- self-education,
- well-educated,
- department of health education and welfare,
- general certificate of secondary education,
- secretary of health education and welfare,
- united nations educational scientific and cultural organization