as in literate
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
any well-read person would recognize the quotation
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Recent Examples of well-read
Joe Goldberg, Penn Badgley’s character in the Netflix thriller series You, is a bit of a bibliophile—and Badgley, too, is rather well-read.
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Mathias Rosenzweig, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
But his shot was tame and well-read by Minnesota goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
The same parents who built our algorithmic economy now limit their own children’s exposure to it, creating a new kind of digital divide—one where being unplugged and well-read are the ultimate luxuries.
—Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
His parents were Eastern European Jewish and mildly observant, and his father Samuel embodied an unusual mix of being a well-read, well-informed, amateur inventor/butcher/grocer.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
In any case, these are Americans who are well-educated, well-read, and well-heeled, who come from the centers of cultural production.
—Lee Cole
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans affairs and environmental issues.
—Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-read
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That digitally literate generation then built world-beating technology companies.—
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Does that mean that people are less literate in general?—
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One of the mistakes Americans made in Iraq was to believe that the Iraq of the 1970s—highly educated, generally secular, with functioning bureaucracies—still existed.—
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For decades, scientists have had to make educated guesses about conditions under the shelves that buttress Antarctica’s massive glaciers.—
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Dunn wanted the property to be used as a scholarly and artistic retreat.—
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Rather than relying on decorative excess, the library’s pietra serena framework underscores its role as a working scholarly space.—
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“Well-read.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-read. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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