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1. Characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved
   "an educated guess";
   - enlightened
    
2. Possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

1. Give an education to
   "We must educate our youngsters better"
    
2. Create by training and teaching
   "The old master is educating world-class violinists";
   - train, develop, prepare
    
3. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
   "She is well educated in poetry";
   - school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise [Brit]

See also: civilised [Brit], civilized, enlightened, informed, intellectual, knowing, knowledgable, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, numerate, self-educated, semiliterate, well-educated, well-read, well-versed

Type of: ameliorate, amend, better, down [informal], fine-tune, improve, instruct, learn, meliorate, mend, polish, refine, teach

Antonym: uneducated

Encyclopedia: Educated