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| Main Entry: | learned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-informed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, academic, accomplished, bookish, brainy*, conversant, cultured, deep*, educated, erudite, esoteric, experienced, expert, grave, highbrow*, intellectual, judicious, lettered, literary, literate, omniscient, pedantic, philosophical, recondite, sage, sapient, scholarly, scientific, sharp, skilled, solemn, solid, sound, studied, studious, versed, well-grounded, well-read, well-rounded, cultivated, grounded, in the know, pansophic, philosophic, polymath, posted, professorial, well-educated |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, stupid, uninformed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | learn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acquire information |
| Synonyms: | apprentice, attain, brush up on*, con, cram*, determine, enroll, gain, get, grasp, grind, imbibe, master, matriculate, memorize, peruse, pick up*, prepare, read, receive, review, study, take in, be taught, be trained, become able, become versed, burn midnight oil, commit to memory, crack the books, drink in, get down pat, get the hang of, get the knack of, improve mind, lucubrate, major in, minor in, pore over, soak up*, specialize in, take course, train in, wade through |
| Notes: | learn means to acquire or gain skill, knowledge or comprehension; teach means to impart skill, knowledge or comprehension to |
| Antonyms: | teach |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | learn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover, find out |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, detect, determine, discern, gain, gather, hear, see, tumble, uncover, understand, unearth, catch on, dig up, smoke out, stumble upon, trip over |
| Antonyms: | miss, overlook |
| Main Entry: | conversant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, familiar with |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, conscious, cool*, hip*, informed, into, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, practiced, proficient, sensible, sentient, skilled, up*, up-to-date, versed, well-informed, comprehending, down with, hep, kept posted, on the beam, percipient, plugged in, versant, witting |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inexperienced, quiet, silent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cultural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational, enlightening |
| Synonyms: | artistic, beneficial, broadening, constructive, corrective, helpful, humane, humanizing, influential, instructive, learned, liberal, nurturing, refined, refining, stimulating, uplifting, adorning, advancing, beautifying, civilizing, developmental, dignifying, disciplining, edifying, educative, elevating, ennobling, enriching, expanding, glorifying, inspirational, liberalizing, ornamenting, polishing, promoting, raising, regenerative, socializing, widening |
| 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, educated, highbrow, into*, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly, scholastic, studious, well-read, cultivated, in the know, wise up |
| Antonyms: | common, ignorant, uncultured, uneducated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | highbrow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intellectual |
| Synonyms: | bookish, brainy*, cerebral, cultured, erudite, intelligent, learned, scholarly, studious, wise, cultivated, intellective |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | informed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cognizant, conversant |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, apprized, au courant*, au fait*, briefed, enlightened, erudite, expert, familiar, in the know, into*, know the score, know what's what, knowledgeable, learned, on top of, posted, primed, reliable, savvy*, tuned in, up on, up*, up-to-date, versant, versed, well-read, wise to |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unaware, uninformed, unknowledgeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intellectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very smart |
| Synonyms: | bookish, brainy*, cerebral, creative, highbrow*, intelligent, inventive, learned, mental, psychological, rational, scholarly, studious, subjective, thoughtful, highbrowed, intellective, phrenic |
| Antonyms: | foolish, ignorant, simple, stupid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knowledgeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aware, educated |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, alert, appreciative, au courant, au fait, brainy*, bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, conscious, conversant, discerning, erudite, experienced, familiar, informed, insightful, intelligent, knowing, learned, lettered, omniscient, perceptive, prescient, privy, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, savvy, scholarly, sensible, sharp, smart, sophisticated, understanding, versed, well-informed, well-rounded, wise, apprised, in the know, plugged in, posted, sophic, tuned-in, with-it |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unaware, uneducated, uninformed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | literary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning books |
| Synonyms: | bookish, classical, erudite, formal, learned, lettered, literate, scholarly, well-read, belletristic |
| Antonyms: | illiterate |
| Main Entry: | literate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to read and write |
| Synonyms: | cultured, educated, instructed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, scholarly, cultivated, schooled |
| Main Entry: | pedagogic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational |
| Synonyms: | academic, dogmatic, instructive, learned, profound, scholastic, teaching, professorial |
| Main Entry: | pedantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bookish, precise |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, academic, arid, didactic, doctrinaire, dry, dull, egotistic, erudite, formal, fussy, hairsplitting*, learned, ostentatious, particular, pedagogic, pompous, priggish*, punctilious, scholastic, sententious, stilted, donnish, nit-picking, overnice, schoolish |
| Antonyms: | informal, imprecise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | professional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled, trained |
| Synonyms: | able, ace, acknowledged, adept, competent, crackerjack*, efficient, experienced, expert, finished, knowing one's stuff, known, learned, licensed, on the ball*, polished, practiced, proficient, qualified, sharp, skillful, slick*, there, up to speed, well-qualified |
| Antonyms: | amateur, rookie, unprofessional, unskilled, untrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise |
| Synonyms: | astute, aware, careful, clever, contemplative, cunning, discerning, educated, enlightened, experienced, informed, insightful, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, reflective, sagacious, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, thoughtful, understanding, foresighted |
| Main Entry: | scholarly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | academic |
| Synonyms: | bookish, cultured, educated, erudite, intellectual, learned, lettered, literate, scholastic, studious, taught, trained, well-read, longhair, schooled |
| Antonyms: | uneducated, unscholarly |
| Main Entry: | skillful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, talented |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, brainy, clever, competent, cool*, crack*, crackerjack*, dexterous, experienced, expert, good, handy, into*, learned, old*, on the ball*, practical, practiced, prepared, pretty, primed, pro*, professional, proficient, quick, ready, savvy*, seasoned, sharp, skilled, smart, smooth, trained, versed, veteran, whiz, wicked*, a hand at, really into, there, tuned in, versant, vet, well-versed, wised up |
| Antonyms: | green, ignorant, incapable, incapacitated, inexperienced, unable, unskilled, unskillful, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | studious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scholarly, attentive |
| Synonyms: | academic, assiduous, bookish*, bookworm*, busy, careful, contemplative, diligent, eager, earnest, industrious, intellectual, learned, lettered, meditative, reflective, sedulous, serious, thoughtful, well-informed, well-read, grubbing, hard-working |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inattentive, lazy, unscholarly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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