self-educated

adjective

ˌself-ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd How to pronounce self-educated (audio)
Definition of self-educatednext
as in self-taught
having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training a self-educated computer programmer who launched a successful business online

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-educated
  1. self-taught
  2. autodidactic
  3. amateur
Adjective
  • Acevedo’s debut pic follows Andrés, a young Chilean muleteer and self-taught musician who leaves his hometown to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician in Mexico.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Primarily self-taught, Drexler often worked at an intimate scale, mostly for practical reasons.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of self-taught
Adjective
  • His autodidactic impulses may lead him to the history of clock towers or to the interplanetary rarity of wood.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of autodidactic
Adjective
  • The hot mic saw to it that Rodgers' message to McCarthy was loud and clear and any amateur lip reader could also clearly decipher the head coach's response to his quarterback who spent 13 seasons with him in Green Bay.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • West, founded in 1908, spent much of its first century yo-yoing up and down the standings of amateur leagues on anonymous fields around south Manchester.
    — Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of amateur
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“Self-educated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-educated. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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