adj
Meaning 1
Educated or informed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
enlightened
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adj
Meaning 2
Made aware of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Freed from illusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Extraordinarily wise; having an exceedingly great wisdom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- An enlightened mind does not need external authority.
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noun
Meaning 5
Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
simple past and past participle of enlighten
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective
Meaning 7
having knowledge and spiritual insight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: unenlightened
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an educated guess
- an enlightened electorate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: educated
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it is very familiar to the initiate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: initiate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: people
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: বোধোদিত (bōdhōdito) — educated or informed
- Bengali: নূরান্বিত (nurannito) — educated or informed
- Bulgarian: просвете́н (prosvetén) — educated or informed
- Finnish: valaistunut — educated or informed
- German: aufgeklärt — educated or informed
- German: informiert — educated or informed
- Hungarian: tájékozott — educated or informed
- Central Kurdish: ڕۆشنبیر (roşinbîr) — educated or informed
- Russian: просвещённый (prosveščónnyj) — educated or informed
- Spanish: informado — educated or informed
- Spanish: educado — educated or informed
- Turkish: aydın — educated or informed
- Bulgarian: просвете́н (prosvetén) — made aware of something
- Finnish: valaistunut — made aware of something
- German: informiert — made aware of something
- Spanish: informado — made aware of something
- Turkish: bilinçli — made aware of something
- Turkish: farkında — made aware of something
- Bulgarian: просвете́н (prosvetén) — freed from illusion
- Finnish: valaistunut — freed from illusion
- Hungarian: felvilágosult — freed from illusion
- Hungarian: felvilágosodott — freed from illusion
- Bulgarian: просвете́н (prosvetén) — exceedingly wise
- Finnish: valistunut — exceedingly wise
- German: erleuchtet — exceedingly wise
- Greek: φωτισμένος (fotisménos) — exceedingly wise
- Hungarian: megvilágosodott — exceedingly wise
- Central Kurdish: ڕۆشنبیر (roşinbîr) — exceedingly wise
- Spanish: iluminado — exceedingly wise
- Spanish: sabio — exceedingly wise
- Bulgarian: посвете́н (posvetén) — introduced to religious mysteries
- Bulgarian: посвете́на (posveténa) — introduced to religious mysteries
- Catalan: il·lustrat — introduced to religious mysteries
- Catalan: il·luminat — introduced to religious mysteries
- Finnish: valaistunut — introduced to religious mysteries
- Greek: φωτισμένος (fotisménos) — introduced to religious mysteries
- Hebrew: נאור (na-or) — introduced to religious mysteries
- Hungarian: megvilágosodott — introduced to religious mysteries
- Spanish: iluminado — introduced to religious mysteries
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