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
Continue reading to see which states are the most financially literate.
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Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2025
The Gospel authors, far from being community leaders preserving oral sayings for largely illiterate followers, were highly literate members of a small, erudite upper crust, distant in experience, attitude, and geography from any Galilean peasant preachers.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Back in Homer’s day, people lived within an oral culture, then humans slowly developed a literate culture.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Duffy is hilariously literate, an opinionated fanboy ready to defend Nirvana against naysayers.
—Claude Peck, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
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Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2025
The Gospel authors, far from being community leaders preserving oral sayings for largely illiterate followers, were highly literate members of a small, erudite upper crust, distant in experience, attitude, and geography from any Galilean peasant preachers.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Back in Homer’s day, people lived within an oral culture, then humans slowly developed a literate culture.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Duffy is hilariously literate, an opinionated fanboy ready to defend Nirvana against naysayers.
—Claude Peck, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literate
Adjective
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For the April inflation report, which was published last month, the government was forced to make educated guesses about more prices than usual, using the price of similar items, said Omair Sharif who tracks the data for Inflation Insights.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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Yes, today’s women are more educated, more employed, and more independent than any generation before.—
Danaya Wilson,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Narrative medicine, an increasingly popular scholarly field developed at Columbia University by the internist and literary scholar Rita Charon, aims to improve medical care by helping clinicians more fully understand their patients’ stories and perspectives.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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Most of the remaining Kashmiri Hindus, primarily from the scholarly Pandit community, fled after a wave of religious attacks in the late 1980s and early 1990s.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Whatever one believes, violence for political ends has no place in a civilized society.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
3 June 2025
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Exile away from the rest of the civilized federation.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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“Literate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literate. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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