Definitions

learned

[lur-nid, lurnd] / ˈlɜr nɪd, lɜrnd /

ADJECTIVE

well-informed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplished educated scholarly scientific studied well-educated

STRONG

cultivated cultured experienced grave grounded lettered versed

WEAK

abstruse academic bookish brainy conversant deep erudite esoteric expert highbrow in the know intellectual judicious literary literate omniscient pansophic pedantic philosophic philosophical polymath professorial recondite sage sapient sharp skilled solemn solid sound studious well-grounded well-read well-rounded

Antonyms

STRONGEST

uneducated

STRONG

green ignorant immature inexperienced unsophisticated

WEAK

stupid uninformed

Example Sentences

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He can avoid taking himself seriously because he has learned, as all Cape Codders must, that nature does not take him seriously either.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“This all goes back to the resourcefulness that I learned when I was young,” Caballero says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Tattooist Kali says she was "ecstatic" when she learned of the court's decision last week.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Like Joe Fernandez, these exonerees learned the hard way that the appellate system is not designed for them.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

“The war was ending. We had just learned he was going to come back here, and I didn’t want him anywhere near my girls again. You had a duty.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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