Literate
Literate adjective - Having or displaying advanced knowledge or education.
Usage example: the columnist's witty and literate comments on current events make her a popular guest on political talk shows
Trained and literate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trained" instead an adjective "Literate".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- accomplished and literate
- accomplished and trained
- cultivated and literate
- cultivated and trained
- experienced and literate
- experienced and trained
- expert and literate
- expert and trained
- civilized and literate
- civilized and trained
- professional and literate
- professional and trained
- skilled and literate
- skilled and trained
Both words in one sentence
- Hoover's This Time Of Darkness the main character has been an outcast because she is literate, in a world where people are trained from childhood to be stupid and ignorant.
Source: Only Smart People May Pass -
After a three-month battle involving a million men the Guomindang had lost some 300,000 casualties, lost half the literate and academy-trained officer corps, and the city... and Nanjing, the Capital, would have to be abandoned too as it was totally indefensible.
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Trained and Literate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/literate/trained
Literate & Trained. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/literate/trained>.
Trained or Literate. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/literate/trained.
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