Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WordNet
adj. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" [syn: enlightened, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-read]
Usage examples of "well-educated".
The very concept of the JTTF was to pair bright, well-educated FBI agents like John Anticev with seasoned, street-smart detectives like Lou Napoli to investigate local crimes that might have national security implications.
He died a few months before my last departure from Venice, leaving his widow in easy circumstances, and three well-educated sons, all with good positions, who may, for what I know, be still living with their mother.
When the latter are well-educated and the former are disposed to deal justly, controversies and strikes can never occur, nor can the minds of the masses be prejudiced by demagogues and controlled by temporary and factious considerations.
She invited us to be seated, looked at the captain in a friendly manner, and pressed my hand with the warmest affection, but without giving way any more to that outward familiarity which a young officer can assume, but which does not suit a well-educated lady.
Night Court, but the well-educated courtesans of La Serenissima were gaining renown throughout Caerdicca Unitas.
Every eighteen months STATS Inc. would hire another bright, well-educated young man who simply could not believe that major league baseball teams did not want to know things that might help them win games.
Speaking as an Englishman, one of the pluses of New York is that it makes you feel surprisingly well-educated and upper-class.
Vivacious without being cloyingly coquettish, well-educated and well-read but never pretentious, direct in her conversation without seeming either bold or opinionated, she was charming company.
Sear's optical pleasures with those of Eblis Eierkopf, to learn how prevalent such tastes were among well-educated humans.
While I was making these points in a speech to Japanese students at Waseda University, Hillary went on her own charm offensive in Japan, finding an especially warm reception among the increasingly large number of young, well-educated working women.
Betty, who never attempted to impress anyone , was probably the most astute and well-educated psychiatric nurse whom Joshua had ever run across.
His voice boomed as heavily as a bittern in the reed beds, and although his English was as comprehensive as most well-educated Norwegians', he spoke it unlovingly, as if he didn't care too much for the taste.