knowledge — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
learned — having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
culture — Culture consists of activities such as the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and of people's minds.
sophistication — sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.
scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
refinement — fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
brains — an animal's brain, cooked and eaten as food
cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
enlightenment — The action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
letters — a person who lets, especially one who rents out property.
literacy — the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
lore — the space between the eye and the bill of a bird, or a corresponding space in other animals, as snakes.
pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
savvy — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
science — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
studiousness — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
intellectuality — the quality or state of being intellectual.
scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
