learned — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

   Synonyms

   brainyeruditeknowledgeablescholarlyeducated

   Antonyms

   unlearnedignorantstupidthickuneducated

   Examples

   the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […]

   My learned Brother Cresswell directed the jury to make the calculation […]

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   The book opens with the Time Traveler dining with learned peers in late 1800s England, where he is trying to convince them that he has invented a time machine.

   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 ...

   Learned both in the literatures of the Ancient Near East and in IE Studies, West wrote two compendia of parallels between Greek and other literatures.

2. A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.

   Usage

   • Formal

3. Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.

   Examples

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   But our limits will not permit us to discuss the many important and curious questions respecting the science of government, to which this learned work invites attention.

Adjective

1. Derived from experience; acquired by learning.

   Antonyms

   unlearned

   Examples

   Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct.

Adjective

1. having or showing profound knowledge

   Synonyms

   erudite

   Examples

   a learned jurist

   an erudite professor

2. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding

   Synonyms

   knowingknowledgeableletteredwell-educatedwell-read

   Examples

   knowing instructors

   a knowledgeable critic

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   a knowledgeable audience

3. established by conditioning or learning

   Synonyms

   conditioned

   Examples

   a conditioned response