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well-educated

well-educated

40 3.9
Has learned a lot and knows many things
  • adjective
  • /ˌwɛlˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪtɪd/
translation icon : bien formado
  • She is a well-educated woman, with degrees in both science and literature.
  • well-educated people
  • well-educated population
  • well-educated professionals

And, and I think we're pretty well educated now in how to create this type of media.

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Examples

  • And you need a well-educated woman to keep up with you.

  • The overall sample was predominantly white, well-educated, and middle class, but quite diverse in age and activities.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And, and I think we're pretty well educated now in how to create this type of media.

  • So you could really be well educated and you could live a life in our society.

  • I certainly was well educated in that very short time.

  • So I think I'm pretty well educated, but I still had to look some words up.

  • Robert is a well to do, well educated lawyer for a philanthropic legal firm.

  • Many of the women, from middle and upper classes, were well-educated and had ample time on their hands.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Both parents are very well-educated, and intellectual pursuits are encouraged in the family.

    Academic text (1996)
  • I know I am one of the lucky ones here: I am white, middle-class, well-educated, and well-dressed.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

knowledgeable
vswell-educated
92 4.1

A person who has learned a lot about a subject

stresses that knowledge follows formal education rather than only being informed
educated
vswell-educated
36 3.2

A person who has a good education and a lot of knowledge

indicates a strong overall education and wide amount of knowledge
well-informed
vswell-educated
33 3.5

A person who knows a lot about a subject or the world

is more general, pointing to formal education and broad overall knowledge
well-read
vswell-educated
15 4.5

Knowing a lot because you read many books

implies education from schooling and wide learned knowledge rather than only reading
lettered
vswell-educated
  • Formal
6.2

A person who is well educated and knows a lot about books and ideas

refers to good general education and broad knowledge rather than elite study
learned
vswell-educated
  • Formal
6.0

Very well educated and knowing a lot about a subject

is broader, referring to good education and general large knowledge

Antonyms

367 3.7

Not knowing about something or how it works

56 2.8

A person who has little or no schooling

How Educated

well-educated
40 3.9
educated
36 3.2
uneducated
56 2.8

Surface Forms

well-educated positive
better-educated comparative
best-educated superlative

Morphology

well-educated = educated (transparent) = well + educate + ed

The adjective 'educated' is a standard past-participle adjective from 'educate', and the prefix 'well-' straightforwardly means 'to a high degree'.

Etymology

The word well-educated is made of well ('in a good way') and educated, which shares the same root as education and comes from the Latin verb educare meaning 'to bring up' or 'to lead out'. So, a well-educated person has been given good teaching and now has much knowledge.