well-educated
Formally trained thoroughly
Well-educated describes someone who has received substantial formal education or possesses broad knowledge and intellectual cultivation.
The term implies more than credentials—a well-educated person demonstrates refined thinking and cultural literacy: She's well-educated but never condescending about it.
The hyphen is standard when the phrase precedes a noun: a well-educated guess.
Profoundly knowledgeable
- academicRelating to education or theory
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- studiousInclined toward serious learning
bookish · scholarly · professorial · pedagogical · scholastic · cerebral · philosophical · analytical
Given necessary knowledge
- versedKnowledgeable through study
- literateAble to read
- proficientHaving practiced ability
- expertHighly skilled practitioner
adept · savvy · competent · skilled · qualified · credentialed · trained · experienced
Purified or cultured
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- urbaneRefined and courteous
worldly · cultivated · genteel · elegant · discerning · tasteful · accomplished · broad-minded
erudite
Profoundly knowledgeable
- academicRelating to education or theory
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
- learnedHaving much knowledge
studious · bookish · scholarly · professorial · pedagogical · scholastic · cerebral · philosophical · analytical · theoretical
informed
Given necessary knowledge
- versedKnowledgeable through study
- literateAble to read
- proficientHaving practiced ability
expert · adept · savvy · competent · skilled · qualified · credentialed · trained · experienced · specialized
refined
Purified or cultured
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
urbane · worldly · cultivated · genteel · elegant · discerning · tasteful · accomplished · broad-minded · enlightened
well-educateduneducated
Lacking formal instruction
unschooled · untaught · illiterate · unlettered · undereducated
well-educatedignorant
Lacking knowledge or awareness
unknowledgeable · uninformed · uncultivated · unlearned · benighted
well-educatedignorant
Lacking knowledge or awareness
uncultured · uncultivated · unsophisticated · unrefined · philistine
well, education, educate, educated, educator, educational, educating, educates, reeducation