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adjective ed·u·cat·ed \ ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd \

Definition of educated

1 :having an education; especially :having an education beyond the average

educated speakers

2 a :giving evidence of training or practice :skilled

educated hands

b :befitting one that is educated

educated taste

c :based on some knowledge of fact

an educated guess

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These companies want an educated work force.
an educated woman with an impressive career

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Please get educated about the facts and stop your hate.

— don sweeney, sacbee, "Talk of renaming USC mascot’s horse sends people galloping to the internet in outrage," 23 Aug. 2017
From these disparate geographies, social classes and upbringings – rich and poor, rural and urban, educated and not –

— Alaska Dispatch News, "The road to hate: For six young men of the alt-right, Charlottesville is only the beginning," 20 Aug. 2017
Mercer will speak about a complete financial wellness program that is designed to help individuals become better equipped and educated on various financial topics, with the goal of helping them achieve financial strength and success.

— melissa reinert, Cincinnati.com, "NKY Roundup: Fun and budget help," 16 Aug. 2017
One recent study also suggested that white-collar workers are more likely to die form ALS, compared to people who are less affluent and less educated.

— leslie barrie and amanda macmillan, Health.com, "5 Things You May Not Know About ALS," 31 July 2017
To determine where the most educated Americans are putting their degrees to work and thus are most valuable to their local economies, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 150 largest metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, across nine key metrics.

— brian manzullo, Detroit Free Press, "Ann Arbor the most educated city in America, study finds," 25 July 2017
Chinese women still seek to marry property-owning men more educated than themselves.

— The Economist, "Fame and favourabilityJane Austen, 200 years on," 13 July 2017
Hard to say Without good evidence on physical activity, policy decisions have to be based on educated guesses and assumptions.

— cathleen o'grady, Ars Technica, "Physical activity inequality can explain obesity differences," 13 July 2017
Unfortunately, only 33% of Somali women and girls think FGM should end, although this number is somewhat higher for wealthier and more educated categories.

— hawa aden mohamed for cnn, CNN, "Breaking the Silence in the World Capital of Female Genital Mutilation," 5 July 2017

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educated Synonyms

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

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

EDUCATED Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of educated for English Language Learners

: having an education and especially a good education
: having a particular kind of education
: showing education (sense 1b)

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adjective ed·u·cat·ed \ ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd \

Definition of educated for Students

1 :having an education and especially a good education

2 :based on some knowledge

an educated guess

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