Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb edify
1 sense of edify
Sense 1
enlighten, edify -- (make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal")
=> teach, learn, instruct -- (impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat")
Antonyms of adj edified
1 sense of edified
Sense 1
edified -- (instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement)
INDIRECT (VIA enlightened) -> unenlightened -- (not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order")
Similarity of adj edified
1 sense of edified
Sense 1
edified -- (instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement)
=> enlightened (vs. unenlightened) -- (having knowledge and spiritual insight)