ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEerudite
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erudite
Meaning: having or showing great knowledge gained from study
erudite in a sentence
How erudite is used in real sentences:
The erudite professor could quote entire passages of ancient philosophy from memory.
His erudite lecture covered everything from quantum physics to Renaissance art.
“Mara's grandfather, an erudite amateur historian, had filled the margins with references to tax rolls, weather reports, and even church repairs; dismissing such evidence as fatuous would require ignoring how neatly the records converged.”
— from the passage The Marker on the Slope
“Its erudite manifestos cited ancient kilns and modern philosophy, yet rivals charged the school with hypocrisy because members who praised simplicity privately sold ornate commissions.”
— from the passage Clay and Conviction
Synonyms for erudite
Other words for erudite — scholarly, learned and well-read — carry the same meaning.
- scholarly
- learned
- well-read
Antonyms of erudite
Words that mean the opposite of erudite:
- ignorant
- uneducated
Where it comes from
From Latin eruditus 'instructed, learned'
Memory hook
ERUDITE sounds like 'her-you-DID-it' — she studied hard and became knowledgeable.