educated

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

Adjective

  1. Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.
  2. Based on relevant information.
    • an educated guess
    • No matter what strategies you employ as you dissect each multiple-choice question and arrive at an educated answer, remember that you are looking for the best response, not only a correct one. - 2011, Susan L. Rozzi,...
  3. Knowledgeable.
    • She cast an educated eye over the antiques.
    • an educated opinion

Origin

Etymology tree English educate English -ed English educated From educate + -ed.

Forms

more educated most educated

Antonyms

noneducated uneducated

Derived

educated beyond one's intelligence educated guess educated incapacity educatedness hypereducated ineducated my very educated mother just served us nachos my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins my very educated mother just served us noodles noneducated overeducated over-educated self-educated semieducated under-educated undereducated uneducated well-educated

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of educate