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enlightenment - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: enlightenment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: awareness, understanding
Synonyms: civilization, comprehension, cultivation, culture, edification, education, information, insight, instruction, knowledge, learning, literacy, refinement, sophistication, teaching, wisdom, bodhi, broad-mindedness, open-mindedness
Antonyms: bewilderment, confusion, ignorance, puzzlement
Main Entry: awareness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: knowledge
Synonyms: acquaintance, alertness, appreciation, apprehension, attention, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, enlightenment, experience, familiarity, information, keenness, perception, realization, recognition, sensibility, understanding, acquaintanceship, aliveness, attentiveness, bodhi, mindfulness, sentience
Antonyms: ignorance, insensitivity, unconsciousness
Main Entry: disclosure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: announcement, revelation
Synonyms: acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, betrayal, broadcast, confession, declaration, discovery, enlightenment, exposé, exposure, handout, leak, make, picture, publication, rundown, snitch*, squeal*, tip*, ventilation, blow-by-blow, divulgation, divulgence, exposal, impartance, impartation, revealing, revealment, tip-off, uncovering, unveilment
Antonyms: secret
Main Entry: edification
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: improvement, education
Synonyms: betterment, elevation, elucidation, enhancement, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information, instruction, knowledge, learning, nurture, teaching, tuition, uplifting, irradiation, schooling
Antonyms: destruction, worsening
Main Entry: education
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: instruction, development of knowledge
Synonyms: background, brainwashing*, breeding, civilization, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, indoctrination, information, learning, literacy, nurture, preparation, reading, refinement, scholarship, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring, apprenticeship, book learning, catechism, coaching, drilling, inculcation, learnedness, pedagogy, propagandism, proselytism, rearing, schooling
Antonyms: ignorance
Main Entry: erudition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: higher education
Synonyms: cultivation, culture, enlightenment, knowledge, learning, literacy, lore, pedantry, refinement, savvy, scholarship, science, bookishness, brains, intellectuality, learnedness, letters, scholarliness, studiousness
Antonyms: ignorance
Main Entry: information
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: facts, news
Synonyms: advice, ammo, break*, chapter and verse*, clue, confidence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info, inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown, material, message, network, notice, notification, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, what's what, whole story, wisdom, word*
Antonyms: ignorance
Main Entry: knowledge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person's understanding; information
Synonyms: ability, acquaintance, apprehension, awareness, cognition, comprehension, consciousness, dirt*, discernment, doctrine, dogma, dope*, education, enlightenment, erudition, expertise, facts, familiarity, goods*, grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, judgment, know-how*, learning, light*, lore, observation, philosophy, picture, power*, proficiency, recognition, scholarship, science, scoop*, substance, theory, tuition, wisdom, accomplishments, attainments, inside story, principles, schooling
Antonyms: ignorance
Main Entry: lore
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: myths, traditional wisdom
Synonyms: adage, belief, custom, doctrine, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fable, folklore, information, knowledge, learning, legend, mythology, saga, saying, scholarship, science, superstition, tale, teaching, tradition, letters, mythos, saw
Main Entry: news
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: information, revelation
Synonyms: account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, hearsay, intelligence, knowledge, leak, message, narration, news flash, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, tidings*, word*, communiqué, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, itemization, lowdown, particularization, the goods
Antonyms: history
Main Entry: sagacity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: wisdom
Synonyms: acumen, astuteness, common sense, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, experience, foresight, insight, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, perspicacity, practicality, prudence, sapience, sense, shrewdness, understanding, brains, clear thinking, good judgment, levelheadedness, perceptiveness, sageness
Main Entry: teaching
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: education
Synonyms: cultivation, culture, discipline, enlightenment, guidance, instruction, learning, reading, training, tutelage, tutoring, apprenticeship, book learning, coaching, drilling, schooling
Main Entry: wisdom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: insight, common sense
Synonyms: acumen, astuteness, balance, caution, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, erudition, experience, foresight, gumption*, horse sense*, information, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, learning, penetration, perspicacity, poise, practicality, prudence, reason, sagacity, sanity, sapience, savoir faire, savvy*, shrewdness, sophistication, stability, understanding, brains, circumspection, clear thinking, good judgment, judiciousness, pansophy, sageness, solidity
Antonyms: ignorance, stupidity
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: culture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: breeding, education, sophistication
Synonyms: ability, accomplishment, address, art, capacity, civilization, class, courtesy, cultivation, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, dress, elegance, elevation, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fashion, finish, gentility, grace, improvement, kindness, learning, manners, nobility, perception, polish, politeness, practice, proficiency, refinement, savoir-faire, science, skill, tact, training, aestheticism, good taste, urbanity
Notes: culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure
Main Entry: instruction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: education
Synonyms: direction, discipline, edification, enlightenment, guidance, information, lesson, preparation, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, apprenticeship, chalk talk, coaching, drilling, grounding, schooling
Main Entry: cultivation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: culture, sophistication, education
Synonyms: advancement, breeding, civility, civilization, delicacy, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, gentility, improvement, learning, manners, polish, progress, refinement, taste, aestheticism, good taste, grounding, letters, refined taste, schooling
Antonyms: ignorance, unsophistication
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: 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
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