| Main Entry: | brush up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve condition |
Synonyms: |
clean up, cram, go over, look over, polish up, read up, refresh one's memory, refurbish, relearn, renovate, reread, retouch, review, revise, study, touch up |
Antonyms: |
forget |
| Main Entry: | review |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go over again |
Synonyms: |
analyze, brush up, call to mind, check out, check thoroughly, debrief, go over, hash over, look at again, look back on, polish up, reassess, recall, recap, recapitulate, recollect, reconsider, reevaluate, reexamine, reflect on, rehash, remember, rethink, revise, revisit, run over, run through, run up flagpole, summon up, take another look, think over |
| Notes: | a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contemplate, learn |
Synonyms: |
apply oneself, bone up, brood over, burn midnight oil, bury oneself in, coach, cogitate, consider, crack the books, cram, dig*, dive into, examine, excogitate, go into, go over, grind*, hit the books, inquire, learn, learn the ropes, lucubrate, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, peruse, plug*, plunge, polish up, ponder, pore over, read, read up, refresh, think, think out, think over, tutor, weigh |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | teach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | educate; instill knowledge |
Synonyms: |
advise, brainwash*, break in, brief, catechize, coach, communicate, cram, demonstrate, develop, direct, discipline, drill, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, expound, fit, form, give instruction, give lessons, give the facts, ground, guide, illustrate, imbue, impart, implant, improve mind, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, interpret, lecture, nurture, open eyes, polish up, pound into, prepare, profess, rear, school, sharpen, show, show the ropes, train, tutor |
Antonyms: |
learn |
| Main Entry: | bone up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | review something intensely |
Synonyms: |
brush up, brush up on, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, polish up, read up, refresh the memory, review, study, swot up |
| Main Entry: | brush up on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refresh the memory |
Synonyms: |
bone up, brush up, cram, polish up, read up, review, study |
| Main Entry: | lucubrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | study |
Synonyms: |
apply oneself, bone up, brood over, burn midnight oil, bury oneself in, coach, cogitate, consider, crack the books, cram, dig*, dive into, examine, excogitate, go into, go over, grind*, hit the books, inquire, learn, learn the ropes, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, peruse, plug*, plunge, polish up, ponder, pore over, read, read up, refresh, think, think out, think over, tutor, weigh |