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enlightened definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb enlighten Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb enlighten Entailment of verb enlighten Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb enlighten 3 senses of enlighten Sense 1 enlighten, edify => teach, learn, instruct Sense 2 enlighten, irradiate => prophesy Sense 3 clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate => interpret, construe, see Familiarity of verb enlighten enlighten used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb enlighten Sense 1 enlighten, edify => teach, learn, instruct -------------- Sense 2 enlighten, irradiate => prophesy -------------- Sense 3 clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate => interpret, construe, see -------------- Grep of noun enlightened enlightened Overview of noun enlightened The noun enlightened has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. initiate, enlightened -- (people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate") Overview of verb enlighten The verb enlighten has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. enlighten, edify -- (make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal") 2. enlighten, irradiate -- (give spiritual insight to in religion) 3. clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault") Overview of adj enlightened The adj enlightened has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) enlightened, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read -- (highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience") 2. (2) enlightened -- (having knowledge and spiritual insight;) 3. (1) disillusioned, enlightened -- (freed from illusion) 4. educated, enlightened -- (having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate") Antonyms of adj enlightened 4 senses of enlightened Sense 1 enlightened, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read INDIRECT (VIA educated) -> uneducated Sense 2 enlightened (vs. unenlightened) unenlightened (vs. enlightened) => benighted, dark Sense 3 disillusioned, enlightened INDIRECT (VIA disenchanted) -> enchanted Sense 4 educated, enlightened INDIRECT (VIA informed) -> uninformed Similarity of adj enlightened 4 senses of enlightened Sense 1 enlightened, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read => educated (vs. uneducated) Sense 2 enlightened (vs. unenlightened) => edified Also See-> educated#1; informed#1 Sense 3 disillusioned, enlightened => disenchanted (vs. enchanted) Sense 4 educated, enlightened => informed (vs. uninformed) Attributes of adj enlightened Familiarity of adj enlightened enlightened used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj enlightened enlightened unenlightened Overview of noun enlightened The noun enlightened has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. initiate, enlightened -- (people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate") Overview of verb enlighten The verb enlighten has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. enlighten, edify -- (make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal") 2. enlighten, irradiate -- (give spiritual insight to in religion) 3. clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault") Overview of adj enlightened The adj enlightened has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) enlightened, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read -- (highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience") 2. (2) enlightened -- (having knowledge and spiritual insight;) 3. (1) disillusioned, enlightened -- (freed from illusion) 4. educated, enlightened -- (having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate")
enlightened definition
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