| 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: | education |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
self, abecedarian, abiological, academic, accredited, acroatic, apt, basal, brought up at the feet of Gamaliel, chrestomathic, coeducational, collegiate, communicatory, decanal, didactic, didascalic, disciplinal, docile, doctrinal, donnish, educable, educational, educative, emeritus, expository, extracurricular, extramural, fledged, heuristic, in leading strings, inkhorn, instructive, intercollegiate, interscholastic, intramural, learned, misteaching, nod, polytechnic, postdoctoral, postgraduate, predoctoral, professorial, question, scholarly, scholastic, school, studious, tardy, taught, teachable, teaching, tenured, unedifying
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| Main Entry: | background |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experience or circumstances |
Synonyms: |
accomplishments, acquirement, actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, deeds, education, environment, framework, grounding, history, practice, preparation, qualification, rearing, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing |
Antonyms: |
foreground |
| 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: | discipline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regimen, training |
Synonyms: |
conduct, control, cultivation, curb, development, domestication, drill, drilling, education, exercise, inculcation, indoctrination, limitation, method, orderliness, practice, preparation, regulation, restraint, self-command, self-control, self-government, self-mastery, self-restraint, strictness, subordination, will, willpower |
Antonyms: |
chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, neglect, negligence, permissiveness |
| 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: | knowledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's understanding; information |
Synonyms: |
ability, accomplishments, acquaintance, apprehension, attainments, awareness, cognition, comprehension, consciousness, dirt*, discernment, doctrine, dogma, dope*, education, enlightenment, erudition, expertise, facts, familiarity, goods*, grasp, inside story, insight, instruction, intelligence, judgment, know-how, learning, light*, lore, observation, philosophy, picture, power*, principles, proficiency, recognition, scholarship, schooling, science, scoop*, substance, theory, tuition, wisdom |
Antonyms: |
ignorance |
| Main Entry: | lesson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information taught |
Synonyms: |
assignment, chalk talk, class, coaching, drill, education, exercise, homework, instruction, lecture, period, practice, quiz, reading, recitation, schooling, study, task, teaching, test, tutoring |
| Notes: | lessen means to decrease in size, extent, or range, while a lesson is a unit of instruction |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | context, point of view; understanding |
Synonyms: |
angle, approach, aspect, attitude, awareness, comprehension, condition, education, elucidation, enlightenment, example, exemplar, explanation, illustration, information, insight, interpretation, knowledge, model, paragon, slant, standing, vantage point, viewpoint |
Antonyms: |
misconception, misunderstanding |