| Main Entry: | drum into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a point strongly |
Synonyms: |
din into, drive home, hammer away, harp on, instill, reiterate |
| Main Entry: | educate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach information, experience |
Synonyms: |
brainwash*, brief, civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, let in on, mature, nurture, put hip, put through the grind, rear, school, show the ropes, train, tutor |
Antonyms: |
learn |
| Main Entry: | hammer away/hammer into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard at |
Synonyms: |
continue, drive home, drub into, drudge, drum into, endeavor, grind into, grind*, impress upon, instruct, keep on, peg away, persevere, persist, plug away, pound away, repeat, stick to, try hard, try repeatedly, work |
| Main Entry: | inculcate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | implant, infuse information |
Synonyms: |
brainwash*, break down, communicate, drill, drum into, educate, hammer into, impart, impress, indoctrinate, inseminate, instill, instruct, plant, program, shape up, teach, work over |
| Notes: | one inculcates an idea or habit into people by persistent instruction; one indoctrinates people with certain values or beliefs through repeated instruction |
| Main Entry: | instruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform, teach |
Synonyms: |
acquaint, advise, apprise, brainwash*, break in, break it to, brief, clue in, coach, counsel, discipline, disclose, drill, drum into, educate, engineer, enlighten, give lessons, ground, guide, keep posted, lead, lecture, level, notify, pilot, reveal, school, steer, tell, train, tutor, update, wise up |
Antonyms: |
learn |
| Main Entry: | repeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate, do again |
Synonyms: |
chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, restate, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |
| Main Entry: | train |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare |
Synonyms: |
accustom, brainwash*, break in, care for, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, dry run, educate, enlighten, equip, exercise, get a workout, get in shape, ground, grow strong, guide, habituate, harden, hone, improve, instruct, inure, make ready, mold, prime, qualify, rear, rehearse, run through, school, season, shape, sharpen, show the ropes, study, tame, teach, tutor, update, warm up, whip into shape, wise up, work out |
Antonyms: |
forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | tutor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach someone privately |
Synonyms: |
clue, coach, direct, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, educate, guide, instruct, lay it out for, lecture, let in on, ready, school, train, update |
Antonyms: |
learn |
| Main Entry: | restate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat |
Synonyms: |
chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |