" learnedness "

1: the understanding and information gained from being educated;

  * e.g., " ... the university's head librarian exuded an aura of learnedness "

•  Synonyms : 

•  education,

•  erudition,

•  knowledge,

•  learning,

•  literacy,

•  scholarship

•  Antonyms : 

•  ignorance,

•  illiteracy,

•  illiterateness

1: having or displaying advanced knowledge or education;

  * e.g., " ... the learned professor can speak knowledgeably on a wide array of subjects "

•  Synonyms : 

•  educated,

•  erudite,

•  knowledgeable,

•  lettered,

•  literate,

•  scholarly,

•  well-read

•  Antonyms : 

•  benighted,

•  dark,

•  ignorant,

•  illiterate,

•  uneducated,

•  unlearned,

•  unlettered,

•  unscholarly

2: suggestive of the vocabulary used in books;

  * e.g., " ... a teaching assistant who tries to impress us with all of his learned words "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bookish,

•  erudite,

•  literary

•  Antonyms : 

•  colloquial,

•  nonliterary,

•  unbookish