learned

learned

adjective

Definition of LEARNED

1

\ˈlər-nəd\ : characterized by or associated with learning : erudite <a learned scholar>

2

\ˈlərnd, ˈlərnt\ : acquired by learning <learned behavior>

— learn·ed·ly \ˈlər-nəd-lē\ adverb

— learn·ed·ness \-nəd-nəs\ noun

Examples of LEARNED

1. We had a learned discussion about politics.
2. <the learned professor can speak knowledgeably on a wide array of subjects>

First Known Use of LEARNED

14th century

Related to LEARNED

Synonyms

erudite, knowledgeable, educated, lettered, literate, scholarly, well-read

Antonyms

benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unscholarly

Related Words

civilized, cultivated, cultured; cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual; polished, refined, well-bred; academic (also academical), bookish, didactic, didactical, inkhorn, pedantic, professorial; informed, instructed, schooled, skilled, trained; homeschooled, self-educated, self-instructed, self-taught; briefed, enlightened, informed, versed; overeducated, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic)

Near Antonyms

uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured; lowbrow, semiliterate, unintellectual; ill-bred, unpolished, unrefined; uninformed, unknowledgeable; uninstructed, unschooled, untaught, untutored; semiliterate, undereducated

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis