Tom is well-read and can talk knowledgeably about almost any topic.
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Well-read
//ˌwɛl ˈɹɛd//
Synonyms for "well-read" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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Translations
27 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- وَاسِع الاطلاع adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mütaliəli adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Bulgarian
1 entries- начетен adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Catalan
1 entries- lletrat adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 博覽群書的 /博览群书的 adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Czech
1 entries- sečtělý adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Danish
1 entries- belæst adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Dutch
1 entries- belezen adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Finnish
2 entries- lukenut adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
- oppinut adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
French
1 entries- lettré adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
German
1 entries- belesen adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Japanese
1 entries- 多読の adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Latin
1 entries- tinctus litteris adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- belest adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Occitan
1 entries- letrat adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Polish
1 entries- oczytany adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Portuguese
1 entries- versado adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Romanian
1 entries- citit adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Russian
1 entries- начи́танный adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nȁčitān adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
- на̏чита̄н adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Slovak
1 entries- sčítaný adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Spanish
1 entries- leído adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Swedish
1 entries- beläst adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Turkish
1 entries- aydın adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Ukrainian
1 entries- начи́таний adj (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Mary's dog isn't well-read. In fact, it can't read at all.
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Tom is very well-read.
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Be well-read.
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