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
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Recent Examples of literate
Jude is an erudite man of the people whose hyper-literate intellectualism is only matched by his Chaucer-like vulgarity, and his work has long reveled in an impish fascination with the relationship between art, labor, and technology.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
Chayefsky’s script is fire-breathing — dense, literate, pulsing with fury — and the performances rise to meet it.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
Qu is targeting less tech literate people than those who are vibe coding their way into big tech jobs; people who might want to use AI to start a yoga business or bakery, for example.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Budgeting is an important part of being financially literate and managing your money well.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 July 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
Chayefsky’s script is fire-breathing — dense, literate, pulsing with fury — and the performances rise to meet it.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
Qu is targeting less tech literate people than those who are vibe coding their way into big tech jobs; people who might want to use AI to start a yoga business or bakery, for example.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Budgeting is an important part of being financially literate and managing your money well.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literate
Adjective
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The Study Has Some Limitations People in the study tended to be healthier and more educated, Guo says, which could potentially skew the findings.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Preseason polls are, at best, educated guesses, and there are perennial calls to abolish them altogether.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As astronomy embraced mathematics and observation during the Scientific Revolution, astrology increasingly lost its scholarly legitimacy and was pushed to the margins.—
Christopher P. Scheitle,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Joshi says teachers also tend to be a vocal crowd that isn’t shy about sharing their scholarly opinions.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the needs of civilized society have a way of intruding.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Act civilized, act kind, act tolerant, because this is the problem with what is happening in the region.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Literate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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