vverb.socialgive an education toExamples:- We must educate our youngsters better
Derivationally Related Form:educativeEducationeducatoreducateeeducation
Hypernyms:ameliorate amend better improve meliorate
Inherited Hypernyms:educatebetterchange
Direct Hyponyms:co-educatecoeducategroomprepareschoolsocialisesocializetrain
Full Troponyms:capacitateco-educatehabilitatehome-schoolpreparequalifyschoolsocialize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.cognitioncreate by training and teachingSynset:develop educate prepare train
Examples:- The old master is training world-class violinists
- we develop the leaders for the future
Derivationally Related Form:trainingpreparatorypreparationtraineeeducationeducativetrainer
Hypernyms:instruct learn teach
Inherited Hypernyms:trainteachinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:drillhouse-trainhousebreakretraintoilet-train
Full Troponyms:drillhousebreakretraintoilet-train
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.socialteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgmentSynset:civilise civilize cultivate educate school train
Examples:- Cultivate your musical taste
- Train your tastebuds
- She is well schooled in poetry
Derivationally Related Form:civilisationcultivationcivilizationeducation
Hypernyms:down fine-tune polish refine
Inherited Hypernyms:educatepolishbetterchange
Direct Hyponyms:sophisticate
Full Troponyms:sophisticate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
adjadj.allpossessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)Antonyms:uneducated
Inherited Hypernyms:educated
Similar to:knowing knowledgeable learned lettered well-educated well-read literate self-educated semiliterate
See also:civilised civilized enlightened informed intellectual literate numerate
adj satadj.allcharacterized by full comprehension of the problem involvedSynset:enlightened
Examples:- an educated guess
- an enlightened electorate
Antonyms:uninformed
Derivationally Related Form:enlightened
Inherited Hypernyms:educated
Similar to:informed