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educated
Overview of verb educate
The verb educate has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (7) educate -- (give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better")
2. (3) train, develop, prepare, educate -- (create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future")
3. (1) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise -- (train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry")
Overview of adj educated
The adj educated has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) educated -- (possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge))
2. educated, enlightened -- (having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate")
Antonyms of verb educate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> teach, learn, instruct
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
=> socialize, socialise
=> prepare, groom, train
=> co-educate, coeducate
=> school
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> retrain
=> drill
=> housebreak, house-train
=> toilet-train
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
=> sophisticate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> teach, learn, instruct
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
'Cause To' of verb educate
Derived Forms of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
RELATED TO>(adj) educative#1
=> educative
RELATED TO>(noun) educatee#1
=> student, pupil, educatee
RELATED TO>(noun) Education#6
=> Department of Education, Education Department, Education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#4
=> education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#1
=> education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
RELATED TO>(noun) educator#1
=> educator, pedagogue, pedagog
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
RELATED TO>(adj) educative#1
=> educative
RELATED TO>(noun) education#3
=> education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#2
=> education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#4
=> education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#1
=> education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
RELATED TO>(noun) education#5
=> education, training, breeding
Domain of verb educate
Domain Terms of verb educate
Familiarity of verb educate
educate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
=> help, aid
=> regenerate, revitalize
=> enrich
=> build up, develop
=> turn around
=> help
=> upgrade
=> condition
=> emend
=> iron out, straighten out, put right
=> enhance
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
=> reform
=> reform
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> build
=> perfect, hone
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
=> fructify
=> raise, lift
=> advance
=> upgrade
=> educate
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
> teach, learn, instruct
=> train, develop, prepare, educate
=> indoctrinate
=> drill
=> catechize, catechise
=> reinforce, reward
=> spoonfeed
=> induct
=> mentor
=> tutor
=> unteach
=> unteach
=> ground
=> lecture, talk
=> coach, train
=> enlighten, edify
=> condition
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> overrefine, over-refine
=> educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb educate
Sense 1
educate
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> teach, learn, instruct
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Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
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Grep of verb educate
co-educate
coeducate
educate
Antonyms of adj educated
2 senses of educated
Sense 1
educated (vs. uneducated)
uneducated (vs. educated)
=> ignorant, illiterate
=> ignorant, nescient, unenlightened, unlearned, unlettered
=> undereducated
=> unschooled, untaught, untutored
=> unstudied
Sense 2
educated, enlightened
INDIRECT (VIA informed) -> uninformed
Similarity of adj educated
2 senses of educated
Sense 1
educated (vs. uneducated)
=> enlightened, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read
=> literate
=> self-educated
=> semiliterate
Also See> civilized#1, civilised#1; enlightened#2; informed#1; intellectual#3; literate#1; numerate#1
Sense 2
educated, enlightened
=> informed (vs. uninformed)
Pertainyms of adj educated
Attributes of adj educated
Domain of adj educated
Domain Terms of adj educated
Familiarity of adj educated
educated used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj educated
educated
self-educated
undereducated
uneducated
well-educated
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