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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abreast of, abstruse, advanced, ameliorated, au courant, autodidactic, beautified, bettered, briefed, civilized, converted, critical, cultivated, cultured, deep, developed, discerning, embellished, encyclopedic, enhanced, enlightened, enriched, erudite, improved, informed, instructed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literary, literate, pansophic, perfected, polished, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, posted, primed, profound, refined, reformed, scholarly, scholastic, schooled, self-instructed, sensitive, studious, taught, trained, transfigured, transformed, up on, up-to-date, versed, well-informed, well-read, well-versed, wise

Dictionary Results for educated:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

educated
    adj 1: possessing an education (especially having more than
           average knowledge) [ant: uneducated]
    2: characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved;
       "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" [syn:
       educated, enlightened]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

educate \ed"u*cate\ ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Educated ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Educating ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. educatus, p. p.
   of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to
   educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up (a child). See
   Educe.]
   To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop
   and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but
   more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to
   expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty,
   etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of;
   to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic
   instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to
   educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.

   Syn: To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify;
        bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Educated \Ed"u*ca`ted\, a.
   Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.
   [1913 Webster]

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