" educated "

1: having or displaying advanced knowledge or education;

  * e.g., " ... educated people are often more aware and tolerant of cultural and ethnic diversity "

•  Synonyms : 

•  erudite,

•  knowledgeable,

•  learned,

•  lettered,

•  literate,

•  scholarly,

•  well-read

•  Antonyms : 

•  benighted,

•  dark,

•  ignorant,

•  illiterate,

•  uneducated,

•  unlearned,

•  unlettered,

•  unscholarly

2: having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor;

  * e.g., " ... a violinist caressing the instrument with an educated touch "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accomplished,

•  ace,

•  adept,

•  compleat,

•  complete,

•  consummate,

•  crack,

•  crackerjack,

•  experienced,

•  expert,

•  good,

•  great,

•  master,

•  masterful,

•  masterly,

•  practiced,

•  professed,

•  proficient,

•  skilled,

•  skillful,

•  versed,

•  veteran,

•  virtuoso

•  Antonyms : 

•  amateur,

•  amateurish,

•  inexperienced,

•  inexpert,

•  jackleg,

•  unprofessional,

•  unseasoned,

•  unskilled,

•  unskillful

1: having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training;

  * e.g., " ... a self-educated computer programmer who launched a successful business online "

•  Synonyms : 

•  autodidactic,

•  self-instructed,

•  self-taught

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field;

  * e.g., " ... a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers "

•  Synonyms : 

•  indoctrinated,

•  instructed,

•  lessoned,

•  schooled,

•  taught,

•  trained,

•  tutored

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding;

  * e.g., " ... the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school "

•  Synonyms : 

•  edified,

•  enlightened,

•  illumed,

•  illuminated,

•  illumined,

•  inspired,

•  nurtured

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field;

  * e.g., " ... a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers "

•  Synonyms : 

•  indoctrinate,

•  instruct,

•  lesson,

•  school,

•  teach,

•  train,

•  tutor

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding;

  * e.g., " ... the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school "

•  Synonyms : 

•  edify,

•  enlighten,

•  illume,

•  illuminate,

•  illumine,

•  inspire,

•  nurture

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)