Home › Words › E › edutainedutainedutain means to educate in an entertaining manner.EtymologyBack-formation from edutainment. In use in 1985.verbTo educate in an entertaining manner.e.g.“Voices whose work and whose expression of her work continues to inform and (in a phrase borrowed from Black performance poetry of the period) 'edutain'.” — 2003, Jane De Gay, Lizbeth Goodman, Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women: Theory and Practice, page 89:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.edutainer 83% match — One who edutains, who educates in an entertaining manner. vs edutain →edutainment 80% match — Educational entertainment, a form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, games or any material) that provides both education and entertainment. vs edutain →infotain 79% match — To inform and entertain. vs edutain →entertrainment 69% match — Training designed to be entertaining for the person being trained. vs edutain →edumacate 68% match — To educate. vs edutain →educatively 67% match — In a manner that is educative. vs edutain →educatory 67% match — Educational; instructive. vs edutain →educate 65% match — To instruct or train. vs edutain →