learned

Other forms of learned

comparative

learnedder·

superlative

learneddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about learned

What does learned mean?

learned means "having or showing profound knowledge". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in learned?

learned has 1 syllable: learned. In IPA it is /ˈlɝnd/.

What is another word for learned?

Close synonyms include erudite, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, well-educated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is learned a common word?

learned is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.