| Main Entry: | literate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to read and write |
Synonyms: |
cultivated, cultured, educated, instructed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, scholarly, schooled |
| Main Entry: | cultured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-bred, experienced |
Synonyms: |
able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, blue-stocking, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, cultivated, distingue, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, high-class, highbrow, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, savant, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed, well-informed |
| Notes: | cultured refers to people and pearls; cultivated refers to mind, tastes, speech, or behavior |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | educated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | learned, experienced |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, acquainted with, brainy, civilized, coached, corrected, cultivated, cultured, developed, enlightened, enriched, erudite, expert, finished, fitted, formed, informed, initiated, instructed, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, literary, literate, nurtured, polished, prepared, professional, refined, scholarly, schooled, scientific, shaped, skilled, tasteful, taught, trained, tutored, versed in, well-informed, well-read, well-taught, well-versed |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, stupid, uncultured, uneducated, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | enlightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informed, educated |
Synonyms: |
aware, broad-minded, civilized, cultivated, hip to, in the picture, instructed, knowing what's what, knowledgeable, learned, liberal, literate, open-minded, plugged in, reasonable, refined, savvy, sharp, sophisticated, tuned in, wised up |
Antonyms: |
confounded, confused, in the dark, misled, perplexed, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed |
| Main Entry: | erudite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-educated, cultured |
Synonyms: |
brainy, cultivated, educated, highbrow, in the know, into*, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly, scholastic, studious, well-read, wise up |
Antonyms: |
common, ignorant, uncultured, uneducated |
| Main Entry: | learned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-informed |
Synonyms: |
abstruse, academic, accomplished, bookish, brainy, conversant, cultivated, cultured, deep*, educated, erudite, esoteric, experienced, expert, grave, grounded, highbrow, in the know, intellectual, judicious, lettered, literary, literate, omniscient, pansophic, pedantic, philosophic, philosophical, polymath, posted, professorial, recondite, sage, sapient, scholarly, scientific, sharp, skilled, solemn, solid, sound, studied, studious, versed, well-educated, well-grounded, well-read, well-rounded |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, stupid, uninformed |
| Main Entry: | literary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning books |
Synonyms: |
belletristic, bookish, classical, erudite, formal, learned, lettered, literate, scholarly, well-read |
Antonyms: |
illiterate |
| Main Entry: | scholarly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | academic |
Synonyms: |
bookish, cultured, educated, erudite, intellectual, learned, lettered, literate, longhair, scholastic, schooled, studious, taught, trained, well-read |
Antonyms: |
uneducated, unscholarly |
| Main Entry: | well-read |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowing much from reading |
Synonyms: |
bookish, cultured, educated, knowledgeable, literate, scholarly, studious, versed, well versed in, well-informed, widely read, widely read |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, uniformed |