/ Thesaurus / E Synonyms of enlightened Find synonyms for: Noun1. initiate, enlightened, peopleusage: people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"Verb1. enlighten, edify, teach, learn, instructusage: make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"2. enlighten, irradiate, prophesy, vaticinateusage: give spiritual insight to; in religion3. clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate, clarify, clear up, elucidateusage: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"Adjective1. enlightened (vs. unenlightened), edified, educated, informedusage: having knowledge and spiritual insight2. educated, enlightened, informed (vs. uninformed)usage: characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: frugal Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language