adj · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
General-American:/ɪnˈfɔɹmd/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɪnˈfɔːmd/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N F AO1 R M D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
An informed young man delivered a lecture on the history of modern art.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abreast, apprised, up to date, up-to-date
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Created, given form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Not included within the figures of any of the ancient constellations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
the informed stars
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
simple past and past participle of inform
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective
Meaning 7
having much knowledge or education
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an informed public
informed opinion
the informed customer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: uninformed
History
Etymology
From inform + -ed.
From in- + formed; the first sense probably uses in- (“in”), while the second sense uses in- (“prefix of negation”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
ওয়াকেফ
(ōẇakeph)
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Bulgarian:
осведомен
(osvedomen)
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
French:
informé
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Galician:
sabedor
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Galician:
informado
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Hindi:
अवगत
(avgat)
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Hungarian:
tájékozott
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Hungarian:
jól értesült
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Irish:
eolach
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Italian:
informato
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Portuguese:
informado
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Spanish:
informado
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Spanish:
enterado
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Spanish:
anoticiado
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Turkish:
haberli
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Turkish:
haberdar
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Ottoman Turkish:
خبردار
(haberdâr)
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Ukrainian:
обі́знаний
(obíznanyj)
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Ukrainian:
поінформо́ваний
(poinformóvanyj)
— instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education
Hungarian:
megalapozott
— based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation