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lettered
[let-erd] 
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lettered
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | literate |
| Synonyms: | educated, erudite, knowing, learned, scholarly |
| Main Entry: | educated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | learned, experienced |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, acquainted with, brainy, civilized, coached, corrected, cultivated, cultured, developed, enlightened, enriched, erudite, expert, finished, fitted, formed, informed, initiated, instructed, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, literary, literate, nurtured, polished, prepared, professional, refined, scholarly, schooled, scientific, shaped, skilled, tasteful, taught, trained, tutored, versed in, well-informed, well-read, well-taught, well-versed |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, stupid, uncultured, uneducated, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | erudite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-educated, cultured |
| Synonyms: | brainy, cultivated, educated, highbrow, in the know, into*, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly, scholastic, studious, well-read, wise up |
| Antonyms: | common, ignorant, uncultured, uneducated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knowledgeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aware, educated |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, alert, appreciative, apprised, au courant, au fait, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, conscious, conversant, discerning, erudite, experienced, familiar, in the know, informed, insightful, intelligent, knowing, learned, lettered, omniscient, perceptive, plugged in, posted, prescient, privy, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, savvy, scholarly, sensible, sharp, smart, sophic, sophisticated, tuned-in, understanding, versed, well-informed, well-rounded, wise, with-it |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unaware, uneducated, uninformed |
| Main Entry: | learned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-informed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, academic, accomplished, bookish, brainy, conversant, cultivated, cultured, deep*, educated, erudite, esoteric, experienced, expert, grave, grounded, highbrow, in the know, intellectual, judicious, lettered, literary, literate, omniscient, pansophic, pedantic, philosophic, philosophical, polymath, posted, professorial, recondite, sage, sapient, scholarly, scientific, sharp, skilled, solemn, solid, sound, studied, studious, versed, well-educated, well-grounded, well-read, well-rounded |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, stupid, uninformed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | literary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning books |
| Synonyms: | belletristic, bookish, classical, erudite, formal, learned, lettered, literate, scholarly, well-read |
| Antonyms: | illiterate |
| Main Entry: | literate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to read and write |
| Synonyms: | cultivated, cultured, educated, instructed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, scholarly, schooled |
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blemish, stain |
| Synonyms: | X, autograph, blaze, blot, blotch, brand, bruise, chalk, check, dent, dot, impress, imprint, initial, ink, inscribe, label, letter, nick, pinpoint, point, print, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, smudge, splotch, stamp, streak, stroke, trace, underline, write |
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce writing, impression; reproduce |
| Synonyms: | compose, disseminate, engrave, go to press, impress, imprint, issue, let roll, letter, mark, offset, publication calligraph, publish, put to bed, reissue, reprint, run off, set, set type, stamp, strike off |
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