enlightened :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

adj. having knowledge and spiritual insight;

adj. freed from illusion

adj. having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"

literate, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read

adj. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"

civilized, polite, cultivated, cultured, genteel

adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

literate, enlightened, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read

adj. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"

malcontent, disaffected, ill-affected, rebellious

adj. discontented as toward authority

civilized, polite, cultivated, cultured, genteel

adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

enlightened

adj. having knowledge and spiritual insight;

knowing, blase, worldly

adj. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"

knowledgeable

adj. alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"

learned, erudite

adj. having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

literate

adj. versed in literature; dealing with literature

cognizant, cognisant, cognizant of

adj. (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit"

experienced

adj. having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

scholarly

adj. characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"

wise, knowing, wise to

adj. evidencing the possession of inside information

educated

adj. possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

informed

adj. having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer"

undeceived, disabused of

adj. freed of a mistaken or misguided notion; "some people are still not disabused of the old idea that the universe revolves around the Earth"

up on, abreast of, au courant, au fait

adj. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge; "kept abreast of the latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book au courant"; "always au fait on the latest events"; "up on the news"

advised

adj. having received information; "be kept advised"

conversant

adj. well informed about or familiar with; usu followed by "with": "conversant with business trends"

hip, hep, hip to

adj. informed about the latest trends

wise, knowing, wise to

adj. evidencing the possession of inside information

knowledgeable

adj. alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"

well-read

adj. well informed or deeply versed through reading; "respect for a well-read man"; "well-read in medieval history"

instructed, schooled, taught, tutored

adj. all used only (or chiefly) with qualifiers "well" or "poorly" or "un-"

self-educated

adj. educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction

semiliterate

adj. literate but poorly informed

unenlightened

adj. not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"

uninformed

adj. not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public"

uneducated

adj. not having a good education

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