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instruction - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | instruction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand, command |
| Synonyms: | advice, briefing, direction, directive, information, injunction, mandate, order, plan, ruling |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | advice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recommendation |
| Synonyms: | admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer*, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment, lesson, news, opinion, persuasion, prescription, proposal, proposition, recommendation, steer, suggestion, teaching, telltale, tidings, tip, tip-off, two cents' worth, view, warning, word, word to the wise |
| Notes: | advise (verb) means 'to offer advice to or counsel'; advice (noun) is an opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem |
| Antonyms: | betrayal, deceit, deception, falsehood, lie, misinformation, misrepresentation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | behest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order; personal decree |
| Synonyms: | bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, request, wish, word, expressed desire, prompting, solicitation |
| Main Entry: | briefing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation by informing of facts |
| Synonyms: | conference, discussion, guidance, information, initiation, instruction, meeting, preamble, rundown, update, background meeting, directions, priming |
| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mandate, legal order |
| Synonyms: | act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, declaration, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronouncement, rap*, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, charging, decretum, promulgation, the riot act, the word, ukase |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doctrine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opinion; principle |
| Synonyms: | article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, credenda, implantation, inculcation, universal law, unwritten rule |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, skepticism, heterodoxy, unbelief |
| 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: | 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: | guidance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counseling |
| Synonyms: | advice, auspices, conduct, control, conveyance, direction, government, help, instruction, intelligence, leadership, management, navigation, supervision, teaching, conduction |
| Main Entry: | guideline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | direction |
| Synonyms: | clue, code, guidance, guide, instruction, key, mark, marker, precept, protocol, rule, signal, ground rule, standard procedure |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | injunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decree |
| Synonyms: | admonition, ban, bar, behest, bidding, charge, command, demand, dictate, embargo, exhortation, instruction, mandate, order, precept, prohibition, ruling, word, writ, enjoinder |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mandate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, order |
| Synonyms: | authorization, behest, bidding, blank check*, carte blanche*, charge, command, commission, decree, dictate, directive, edict, fiat, go-ahead*, green light*, imperative, injunction, instruction, okay*, precept, sanction, warrant, word* |
| Antonyms: | denial, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nurture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, nourishment |
| Synonyms: | breeding, care, diet, discipline, education, feed, food, instruction, nutriment, provender, provisions, subsistence, sustenance, training, upbringing, viands, victuals, edibles, rearing |
| Antonyms: | deprivation, ignorance, neglect, starvation |
| Main Entry: | precept |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule of behavior, action |
| Synonyms: | axiom, behest, bidding, byword, canon, command, commandment, decree, direction, doctrine, dogma, edict, formula, fundamental, guideline, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, maxim, motto, order, ordinance, prescript, principle, regulation, rule, saying, statute, tenet, decretum |
| Main Entry: | prescription |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formula, medicine |
| Synonyms: | decree, direction, drug, edict, instruction, law, mixture, ordinance, preparation, prescript, recipe, regulation, remedy, rule |
| Main Entry: | recommendation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advice, approval |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, approbation, blessing, certificate, character reference, charge, commendation, counsel, direction, endorsement, esteem, eulogy, favorable mention, good word, guidance, injunction, instruction, judgment, letter of support, order, pass, plug*, praise, proposal, proposition, reference, sanction, steer*, suggestion, support, testimonial, tip, tribute, two cents' worth, urging |
| Antonyms: | condemnation, disapproval, discouragement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | supervision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management of people, project |
| Synonyms: | administration, auspices, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, guidance, handling, instruction, oversight, running, surveillance, intendance, superintendence, superintendency |
| Antonyms: | serve, work |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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