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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | academic |
| Synonyms: | bookish, cultured, educated, erudite, intellectual, learned, lettered, literate, longhair, scholastic, schooled, studious, taught, trained, well-read |
| Antonyms: | uneducated, unscholarly |
| Main Entry: | authoritative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recognized as true, valid |
| Synonyms: | accurate, attested, authentic, authenticated, circumstantiated, confirmed, definitive, dependable, documented, factual, faithful, learned, legit, proven, reliable, righteous, scholarly, sound, straight from horse's mouth, supported, trustworthy, truthful, validated, verified, veritable |
| Notes: | authoritarian is tyrannical while authoritative commands respect |
| Antonyms: | democratic |
| Main Entry: | cerebral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | using one's brain |
| Synonyms: | analytical, brainy, deep, erudite, intellectual, intelligent, recondite, scholarly, smart |
| Main Entry: | cultured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-bred, experienced |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, blue-stocking, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, cultivated, distingue, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, high-class, highbrow, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, savant, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed, well-informed |
| Notes: | cultured refers to people and pearls; cultivated refers to mind, tastes, speech, or behavior |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated |
| 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: | educational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instructional |
| Synonyms: | academic, cultural, didactic, informational, informative, instructive, scholarly, scholastic, tutorial |
| 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: | highbrow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intellectual |
| Synonyms: | bookish, brainy, cerebral, cultivated, cultured, erudite, intellective, intelligent, learned, scholarly, studious, wise |
| Main Entry: | intellectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very smart |
| Synonyms: | bookish, brainy, cerebral, creative, highbrow, highbrowed, intellective, intelligent, inventive, learned, mental, phrenic, psychological, rational, scholarly, studious, subjective, thoughtful |
| Antonyms: | foolish, ignorant, simple, stupid |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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