Someone who is educated has a high standard of learning.
He is an educated, amiable and decent man.
Synonyms: cultured, lettered, intellectual, learned More Synonyms of educated
More Synonyms of educated
-educated
(-edʒʊkeɪtɪd)
1. combining form
-educated combines with nouns and adjectives to form adjectives indicating where someone was educated.
...the Oxford-educated son of a Liverpool merchant.
...an American-educated lawyer.
2. combining form
-educated combines with adverbs to form adjectives indicating how much education someone has had and how good itwas.
Many of the immigrants are well-educated.
...impoverished, undernourished, and ill-educated workers.
educated in British English
(ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪtɪd)
adjective
1.
having an education, esp a good one
2.
displaying culture, taste, and knowledge; cultivated
3. (prenominal)
based on experience or information (esp in the phrase an educated guess)
educated in American English
(ˈɛdʒuˌkeɪtɪd)
adjective
1.
having, or showing the results of, much education
2. US
based on knowledge or experience
an educated guess
Examples of 'educated' in a sentence
educated
Her life was just too full of brutal realism to be understood by someone who'd been educated by TV drama.
Scarlett Thomas GOING OUT (2002)
Why, he'd joked, she'd probably been better educated than him!
Murray, Stephen DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2002)
The inmate population grew, changed, and became less educated and more troubled each year.
Olivia Goldsmith INSIDERS (2002)
In other languages
educated
British English: educated /ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪtɪd/ ADJECTIVE
Educated people have reached a high standard of learning.
...an educated and decent man.
American English: educated
Arabic: مُتَعَلِّم
Brazilian Portuguese: culto
Chinese: 受过教育的
Croatian: školovan
Czech: vzdělaný
Danish: uddannet
Dutch: geschoold
European Spanish: culto
Finnish: koulutettu
French: éduqué
German: gebildet
Greek: μορφωμένος
Italian: colto
Japanese: 教育のある
Korean: 교육받은
Norwegian: utdannet
Polish: wykształcony
European Portuguese: culto
Romanian: educat
Russian: образованный
Latin American Spanish: culto
Swedish: utbildad
Thai: ซึ่งได้รับการศึกษา
Turkish: eğitimli
Ukrainian: освічений
Vietnamese: có học thức
All related terms of 'educated'
educate
When someone, especially a child, is educated , he or she is taught at a school or college .
half-educated
not having benefited from a comprehensive education
self-educated
People who are self-educated have acquired knowledge or a skill by themselves, rather than being taught it by someone else such as a teacher at school.
well-educated
having had a good education
educated guess
An educated guess is a guess which is based on a certain amount of knowledge and is therefore likely to be correct.
reeducate
to educate again or anew , esp. so as to rehabilitate or adapt to new situations
re-educate
If an organization such as a government tries to re-educate a group of people, they try to make them adopt new attitudes , beliefs , or types of behaviour .
Chinese translation of 'educated'
educated
(ˈɛdjukeɪtɪd)
adj
[person]受过(過)教育的 (shòuguo jiàoyù de)
educate
(ˈɛdjukeɪt)
vt
(= teach) 教育 (jiàoyù)
(= instruct) 使懂得 (shǐ dǒngdé)
she was educated at ... 她在 ... 受的教育 (tāzài ... shòu de jiàoyù)
1 (adjective)
Definition
displaying culture, taste, and knowledge
He is an educated, amiable and decent man.
Synonyms
cultured
He is a cultured man with a wide circle of friends.
lettered
young and old, lettered and unlettered
intellectual
They were very intellectual and witty.
learned
He is a serious scholar, a genuine learned man.
informed
the importance of keeping the public properly informed
experienced
polished
Nic is polished, charming and articulate.
literary
a literary masterpiece
sophisticated
Recently her tastes have become more sophisticated.
refined
His speech and manner are refined.
cultivated
His mother was an elegant, cultivated woman.
enlightened
He should be remembered as an enlightened and humane reformer.
knowledgeable
He was a knowledgeable and well-read man.
civilized
All truly civilized countries must deplore torture.
tasteful
The decor is tasteful and restrained.
urbane
In conversation, he was suave and urbane.
erudite
I found him a charming and erudite companion.
Opposites
philistine
,
uneducated
,
benighted
,
uncultivated
,
lowbrow
,
uncultured
2 (adjective)
Definition
having an education, esp. a good one
The country's workforce is well educated and diligent.
Synonyms
taught
schooled
coached
informed
tutored
instructed
nurtured
well-informed
a man who was well-informed about world events
well-read
He was clever, well-read and interested in the arts.
well-taught
Opposites
ignorant
,
illiterate
,
uneducated
,
unread
,
unschooled
,
unlettered
,
untaught
Additional synonyms
in the sense of civilized
All truly civilized countries must deplore torture.
Synonyms
cultured,
educated,
sophisticated,
enlightened,
humane
in the sense of cultivated
Definition
well-educated
His mother was an elegant, cultivated woman.
Synonyms
refined,
cultured,
advanced,
polished,
educated,
sophisticated,
accomplished,
discriminating,
enlightened,
discerning,
civilized,
genteel,
well-educated,
urbane,
erudite,
well-bred
in the sense of enlightened
Definition
(of a person) tolerant and unprejudiced
He should be remembered as an enlightened and humane reformer.