Basic Details
Word: Educated
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Having learned a lot through school, college or reading; as a verb, taught over a period of time.
Synonyms: learned, schooled, cultured, knowledgeable
Antonyms: uneducated, ignorant, illiterate
How to Spell Educated
Syllables: ed - u - cat - ed
Tricky part: A u comes after ed, even though it often sounds like ju: ed-u-cat-ed. Edicated and educeted are common slips.
Watch out for: edicated, educeted, edducated
Memory tip: Read the middle as U cat: ed + U + cat + ed. An educated cat that can read is hard to forget.
Idioms and Phrases
- an educated guess: a guess based on some knowledge or experience Example: "Without a map, Arjun made an educated guess that the river lay to the east."
Usage Examples
Example 1: She was educated at a small school in Dehradun.
Example 2: My grandmother was the first educated woman in her village.
Example 3: An educated public asks hard questions of its leaders.
Fun Fact
Dr B. R. Ambedkar, who led the drafting of India's Constitution, earned doctorates from both Columbia University in New York and the London School of Economics.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Choose the letters that complete the word:
ed_c_ted
a) u, e
b) i, a
c) u, a
d) a, a
Show answer
c) u, a. Educate has a u after ed and the word cat in the middle.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word educated as used in the sentence:
The chief guest was a highly educated woman who had studied in three countries.
a) scholarly
b) learned
c) cultured
d) ignorant
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d) ignorant. Learned, scholarly and cultured all describe someone who knows a lot; ignorant means knowing little.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The villagers wanted their daughters to be dteedacu at the new high school.
a) dedicated
b) deducted
c) decorated
d) educated
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d) educated. Deducted would need a third d, dedicated an i and decorated an o and r, so the letters give educated.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. An educated guess is one that is ____.
a) made with eyes shut
b) copied from a friend
c) always wrong
d) based on some knowledge
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d) based on some knowledge
2. A person whose job is to educate others is most likely a ____.
a) patient
b) teacher
c) customer
d) passenger
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b) teacher
