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)

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