well-educated

ADJECTIVE

learned

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplished educated scholarly scientific studied

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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I have many well-educated, capable friends, and only one has done this level of analysis.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

We are introduced to “clever women,” well-educated daughters and wives with no upward mobility and no chance at a public life, who turned their “restless intelligence” to medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

A bright, well-educated woman with a polite demeanor, she looks like a future teacher of the year more than a radical organizer.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

I see this with my parents, with my mum, that she sometimes cannot see the nice, well-educated, well-behaved guy that I see.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

If people wondered why the well-educated dead sounded unschooled, Leah explained that spirits often took on the human characteristics of the medium.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

well-educated

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