well-read Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite well informed or deeply versed through reading
    • respect for a well-read man
    • well-read in medieval history
  2. adjective satellite highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
    knowing; knowledgeable; lettered; learned; well-educated.
    • knowing instructors
    • a knowledgeable critic
    • a knowledgeable audience

WordNet


Well"-read` adjective
Definitions
  1. Of extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in.

Webster 1913