Usually means: Knowledgeable across diverse literary genres.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word Well-read:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. well-read: Merriam-Webster
  2. well-read: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. well-read, well-read: Collins English Dictionary
  4. well-read: Vocabulary.com
  5. well-read: Wordnik
  6. well-read: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. well-read: Wiktionary
  8. well-read: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. well-read: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. well-read: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. well-read: Dictionary.com
  12. well-read: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. well-read: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Well-read: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Well-read: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. well-read: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. well-read: Rhymezone
  18. Well-read: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. well-read: FreeDictionary.org
  20. well-read: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. well-read: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. well-read: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. well-read: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (well-read)

▸ adjective:  Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.

Similar:
learned, knowledgeable, informed, enlightened, well-educated, knowing, educated, lettered, well up, wise, more...

Opposite:
illiterate, uneducated, uninformed, ignorant

Types:
well-versed, knowledgeable, erudite, learned, scholarly, literate, cultured, educated, informed, more...
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Similar:
learned, knowledgeable, informed, enlightened, well-educated, knowing, educated, lettered, well up, wise, more...

Opposite:
illiterate, uneducated, uninformed, ignorant

Types:
well-versed, knowledgeable, erudite, learned, scholarly, literate, cultured, educated, informed, more...



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