as in educated
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
1
as in informed
to give information to
the lecturer at the planetarium enlightened us about the latest astronomical discoveries
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in inspired
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
many people around the world have been enlightened by the teachings of Gautama Buddha
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of enlightened
Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
The hug was really the enlightened moment between them, and that was Emma’s idea.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 21 July 2024
People are getting more and more enlightened and smarter and more curious and introspective and people are getting more calcified and angry and mad and closing the circle at the same time.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024
As for how the show will be received, Brown has a healthy outlook — one that a post-therapy, more enlightened Queenie may have embraced.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 11 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for enlightened 
Adjective
Yet even as Kasha dies right in front of her, Valya seems more enlightened than discouraged, as if the path that the Bene Gesserit’s founder put her on had been clarified rather than laid to waste.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
The hug was really the enlightened moment between them, and that was Emma’s idea.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 21 July 2024
People are getting more and more enlightened and smarter and more curious and introspective and people are getting more calcified and angry and mad and closing the circle at the same time.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024
As for how the show will be received, Brown has a healthy outlook — one that a post-therapy, more enlightened Queenie may have embraced.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 11 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for enlightened
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlightened
Adjective
-
The key is to find people who can make educated guesses, not just take shots in the dark.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2025
-
Predictive Maintenance No one can predict the future, but AI can analyze past data to make educated guesses about the future.Matias Recchia, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
-
One appeared to have a head injury, while the others appeared to have non-life threatening injuries, a St Louis officer also informed press at the scene, as shared by the St Louis local news broadcaster KSDK-TV.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
-
According to prosecutors, the company was informed in the following months the FDA was unlikely to grant that request.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
-
The oversized cut is roomy and menswear-inspired, with cuff buttons, flap pockets, and shoulder pads.Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2025
-
Will the timepieces that make their debut in the coming months reflect the exuberance of the former period or the practicality inspired by the reckoning that came after?Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Douyin Warnings From Within China China’s drive to assimilate the Tibetans echoes history elsewhere in the world where Indigenous people were seen by their foreign occupiers as savages who needed to be civilized with boarding schools, causing trauma and abuses.Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
-
What does ring true until the final frame of the show and into our present-day lives is that civilization and the civilized rarely occupy the same space.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
-
In fact, three experts told Newsweek that 2025 will look much the same as 2024 in terms of COVID-19 risk.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
-
As a defensive end going to a Power 4 school, I’ve been told $60,000 to $80,000 a semester.Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
-
The products are all past their sell by date, but the FDA advised that consumers check their freezers for the product.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
-
In spring 2024, a WTA doctor advised her to undergo a mammogram, before a biopsy confirmed the cancer diagnosis.James Hansen, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
-
The style felt like a vintage find from the 1940s, but with modern construction.Shelby Wax, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
-
This cannot even be produced by a standard #12 modern tattoo needle, which is 0.35 millimeters thick.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Littler began playing darts as a tiny boy and soon started beating grown men at the game.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
-
Expand All In March 2012, a mother came to the Key Biscayne Police Department with her 14-year-old daughter, who had been sent steamy love letters from a grown man — Oscar Olea, her 26-year-old gymnastics coach.Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Thesaurus Entries Near enlightened
Cite this Entry
“Enlightened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlightened. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share