Synonyms of the word

educated

• adj. Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of educate.

civilised

• v. simple past tense and past participle of civilise.
• adj. Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of civilized.

civilized

• adj. Having a highly developed society or culture.
• adj. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
• adj. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.

enlightened

• adj. educated or informed.
• adj. Made aware of something.
• adj. Freed from illusion.
• adj. Exceedingly wise.
• n. Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of enlighten.

informed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of inform.
• adj. Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
• adj. Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation.
• adj. (obsolete) Created, given form.
• adj. (obsolete) unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.

intellectual

• adj. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive; as, intellectual powers, activities,…
• adj. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge…
• adj. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by…
• adj. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental"…
• adj. (archaic, poetic) Spiritual.
• n. An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
• n. (archaic) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

knowing

• adj. Possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.
• adj. Shrewd or showing clever awareness.
• adj. Suggestive of private knowledge.
• adj. Deliberate.
• v. present participle of know.
• n. The act or condition of having knowledge.

knowledgeable

• adj. having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
• adj. educated and well informed.

learned

• adj. Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
• v. (US and dialectal English) simple past tense and past participle of learn.
• adj. Derived from experience; acquired by learning.

lettered

• adj. Literate (able to read writing in letters).
• adj. Educated, especially having a degree (entitled to put an abbreviation such as BS, MA, PhD, MD after a…
• v. simple past tense and past participle of letter.

literate

• adj. Able to read and write; having literacy.
• adj. Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
• adj. Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
• n. A person who is able to read and write.

numerate

• v. (transitive) to count.
• adj. Having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic.

self-educated

• adj. Of a person, having learned without the direction of a teacher.

semiliterate

• adj. Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language.
• n. A person who is semiliterate.

well-educated

• adj. Highly educated.

well-read

• adj. Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.