Learned
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɜːnɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Learned is an adjective meaning Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
Meaning
Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
More Meanings
- (law, formal) A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
- Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
- (Canada, US, New Zealand and dialectal English) simple past and past participle of learn
- Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
Example Sentences
Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct.
My learned Brother Cresswell directed the jury to make the calculation […]
the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […]
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW used to be both the best-known poet in the English-speaking world and the most beloved, adored by the learned and the lowly .
Word Forms
- learnt
Synonyms for learned
Depending on context, synonyms include academical, clueful, cultivated, educated, erudite, knowledgeable.
Antonyms for learned
Common opposites include ignorant, uncultivated, simple, innate, unlearned, stupid.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include erudite, well-read, knowledgeable, knowing, enlightened, well-educated.
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