self-educated

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adjective

self-ed·​u·​cat·​ed ˌself-ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd 

: educated by one's own efforts without formal instruction

He was self-educated, had taught himself German and French …

—Jack London

self-educated

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past tense and past participle of self-educate

Synonyms of self-educated

Adjective

• self-taught
• autodidactic
• amateur

Examples of self-educated in a Sentence

Adjective

a self-educated computer programmer who launched a successful business online

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1761, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-educated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated

Kids Definition

self-educated

adjective

self-ed·​u·​cat·​ed

ˈself-ˈej-ə-ˌkāt-əd

: educated by one's own efforts without formal instruction