educated Definition

educate
verb educated, educating

1. To train and teach.

Thesaurus: teach, school, train, tutor, instruct, enlighten, catechize, edify, indoctrinate, rear.
2. To provide school instruction for someone.
3. To train and improve (one's taste, etc).

Derivative: educatability
noun

Derivative: educatable
adj

Derivative: educative

Educating.

Characteristic of or relating to education.

Derivative: educator

A person who educates.
Thesaurus: teacher, tutor, instructor, trainer, pedagogue, coach.

An educating experience or circumstance.

Derivative: educatory
adj

Etymology: 15c: from Latin educare, educatum to bring up.

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educated
adj

1. Having received an education, especially to a level higher than average.

Thesaurus: trained, skilled, scholarly, schooled, learned, well-read, well-versed, erudite, instructed, well-informed, developed; Antonym: illiterate, ignorant, unlettered.
2. Produced by or suggesting an education, usually a good one.

Thesaurus: cultured, cultivated, refined, polished, sophisticated, well-bred; Antonym: crude, coarse.
3. Based on experience or knowledge.

Example: an educated guess