educated

English

Etymology

educate +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• (US?) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdʒɘkeɪɾɪd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdjuːkeɪtɪd/, /ˈɛdʒɘkeɪtɪd/

Adjective

educated (comparative more educated, superlative most educated)

1. Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:learned

Antonyms

• uneducated

Translations

having attained a level of higher education

• Catalan: educat
• Crimean Tatar: tasil alğan
• Czech: vzdělaný m
• Esperanto: klera (eo)
• Finnish: sivistynyt (fi)
• French: cultivé (fr)
• German: gebildet (de), ausgebildet (de)
• Hebrew: מלומד‎‎ (melumád)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: زانا‎‎ (ku) (zana)

• Norman: att'lé
• Portuguese: graduado (pt), diplomado
• Russian: образо́ванный (ru) (obrazóvannyj)
• Spanish: culto (es)
• Swedish: utbildad (sv)
• Tagalog: edukado
• Welsh: wedi'i addysgu m, f, wedi'u addysgu pl

Verb

educated

1. simple past tense and past participle of educate

Further reading

• "educated" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 111.