| Main Entry: | edification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, education |
Synonyms: |
betterment, elevation, elucidation, enhancement, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information, instruction, irradiation, knowledge, learning, nurture, schooling, teaching, tuition, uplifting |
Antonyms: |
destruction, worsening |
| Main Entry: | civilization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | culture, sophistication |
Synonyms: |
acculturation, advancement, breeding, civility, cultivation, development, edification, education, elevation, enlightenment, illumination, polish, progress, refinement, social well-being |
Antonyms: |
barbarism, primitiveness |
| Main Entry: | education |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instruction, development of knowledge |
Synonyms: |
apprenticeship, background, book learning, brainwashing, breeding, catechism, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, inculcation, indoctrination, information, learnedness, learning, literacy, nurture, pedagogy, preparation, propagandism, proselytism, reading, rearing, refinement, scholarship, schooling, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring |
Antonyms: |
ignorance |
| Main Entry: | enlightenment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | awareness, understanding |
Synonyms: |
bodhi, broad-mindedness, civilization, comprehension, cultivation, culture, edification, education, information, insight, instruction, knowledge, learning, literacy, open-mindedness, refinement, sophistication, teaching, wisdom |
Antonyms: |
bewilderment, confusion, ignorance, puzzlement |
| Main Entry: | illumination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clear understanding |
Synonyms: |
awareness, clarification, edification, education, enlightenment, information, insight, inspiration, instruction, perception, revelation, teaching |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, misconception, misunderstanding, obscurity, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | instruction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education |
Synonyms: |
apprenticeship, chalk talk, coaching, direction, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, grounding, guidance, information, lesson, preparation, schooling, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage |
| Main Entry: | reading |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interpretation of written word |
Synonyms: |
account, book-learning, commentary, conception, construction, edification, education, erudition, examination, grasp, impression, inspection, knowledge, learning, lesson, paraphrase, perusal, rendering, rendition, review, scholarship, scrutiny, study, translation, treatment, understanding, version |
Antonyms: |
writing |
| Main Entry: | pedagogics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education |
Synonyms: |
apprenticeship, background, book learning, brainwashing, breeding, catechism, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, inculcation, indoctrination, information, instruction, learnedness, learning, literacy, nurture, pedagogy, preparation, propagandism, proselytism, reading, rearing, refinement, scholarship, schooling, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring |
| Main Entry: | pedagogy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education |
Synonyms: |
apprenticeship, background, book learning, brainwashing, breeding, catechism, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, inculcation, indoctrination, information, instruction, learnedness, learning, literacy, nurture, pedagogics, preparation, propagandism, proselytism, reading, rearing, refinement, scholarship, schooling, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring |
| Main Entry: | schooling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education |
Synonyms: |
apprenticeship, background, book learning, brainwashing, breeding, catechism, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, inculcation, indoctrination, information, instruction, learnedness, learning, literacy, nurture, pedagogics, pedagogy, preparation, propagandism, proselytism, reading, rearing, refinement, scholarship, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring |