as in educated
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
the columnist's witty and literate comments on current events make her a popular guest on political talk shows
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Recent Examples of literate
Women are treated like commodities, mere inferior window dressing that are undeserving of becoming literate.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Yogyakarta’s audience has become more visually literate, global in perspective, and vocal, with younger viewers embracing hybrid and experimental works.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
In Shakespeare’s Wife, historian Germaine Greer parses over what little record survives to argue that Anne was likely literate and skilled in crafts and artisan work.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
Imperial China’s literate and well-read bureaucracy encouraged detailed record-keeping and historical inquiry.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Yogyakarta’s audience has become more visually literate, global in perspective, and vocal, with younger viewers embracing hybrid and experimental works.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
In Shakespeare’s Wife, historian Germaine Greer parses over what little record survives to argue that Anne was likely literate and skilled in crafts and artisan work.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
Imperial China’s literate and well-read bureaucracy encouraged detailed record-keeping and historical inquiry.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literate
Adjective
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Except for Susan, none of the children appeared to be genetically related to Silvia, Song told me, because Guojun wanted egg donors who were younger, non-Asian, and more educated.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Ricart, a former chair of the National Automobile Dealers Association, has seen that rate double at his lot as consumers have become more educated.—
Summer Ballentine,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The fact that Katherine had been institutionalized may have tainted her scholarly reputation.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Brown-Grier argued that this knowledge gap is not just a scholarly problem but a governance one.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In an era when roads were still rough and driving was still novel, electric automobiles seemed civilized.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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There is a much more civilized way to do this that involves working together with state officials opposed to inserting the administration’s will on a state whose citizens have stood up for their neighbors and said this is not right!—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Literate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literate. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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