Synonyms of literate

literate

adjective

ˈli-tə-rət 

as in educated

having or displaying advanced knowledge or education

the columnist's witty and literate comments on current events make her a popular guest on political talk shows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• educated
• scholarly
• civilized
• cultured
• skilled
• knowledgeable
• erudite
• well-read
• learned
• informed
• lettered
• instructed
• academic
• cultivated
• intellectual
• cerebral
• polished
• highbrow
• schooled
• enlightened
• didactic
• well-bred
• bookish
• trained
• professorial
• pedantic
• versed
• didactical
• briefed
• self-educated
• overeducated
• refined
• highbrowed
• self-taught
• homeschooled
• inkhorn
• polymath
• self-instructed
• polyhistoric

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• illiterate
• ignorant
• uneducated
• unlettered
• unlearned
• dark
• benighted
• uncivilized
• uncultured
• uncultivated
• unscholarly
• semiliterate
• unintellectual
• lowbrow
• uninformed
• unpolished
• unrefined
• untutored
• unschooled
• unknowledgeable
• untaught
• uninstructed
• undereducated
• ill-bred

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of literate

Anybody who is as literate and thoughtful as Tyler is inspires me. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026

Older workers may want to adopt a two-pronged approach to adapting in today's labor force — becoming AI-literate while also doubling down on soft skills, Salemi said. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 July 2026

The literate era will prove to be a brief interlude between the oral and digital ages. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Big Deal Gartner predicts that by 2028, 20% of finance organizations will no longer hire or develop non-digitally literate talent. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 7 July 2026