EDIFIED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

edified

verb

past tense of edify

as in educated

to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it

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Recent Examples of edified Both haven’t really edified him, at this point. —

Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026 Again, as a parent, we’re edified to hear this — though a 700-calorie lunch is beyond the target for my high school freshman and her Ozempic journey. —

Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025

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The limits exist because the law imposes some responsibility on employers to ensure participants are sufficiently educated to make appropriate investment decisions.

— Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
How well they are educated, prepared for higher education or the job market, will be a big factor determining whether California’s economy, and thus its socioeconomic whole, succeeds or fails.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 May 2026