| Main Entry: | scholarship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
Synonyms: |
ability, awareness, cognition, comprehension, discernment, education, erudition, expertise, grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, know-how, learnedness, learning, lore, philosophy, schooling, wisdom |
| Main Entry: | scholarship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grant |
Synonyms: |
assistance, award, bursary, charity, donation, fellowship, financial aid, reward |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
Synonyms: |
aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prize or reward |
Synonyms: |
accolade, adjudication, allotment, bestowal, citation, conferment, conferral, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, feather in cap, gift, gold, gold star, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict |
| Notes: | an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts |
| 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: | erudition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | higher education |
Synonyms: |
bookishness, brains, cultivation, culture, enlightenment, intellectuality, knowledge, learnedness, learning, letters, literacy, lore, pedantry, refinement, savvy, scholarliness, scholarship, science, studiousness |
Antonyms: |
ignorance |
| Main Entry: | grant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allowance, gift |
Synonyms: |
admission, allocation, allotment, alms, appropriation, assistance, award, benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, charity, concession, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fellowship, gratuity, handout, lump, present, privilege, reward, scholarship, stipend, subsidy |
Antonyms: |
forfeit, loss |
| 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: | learning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education, knowledge |
Synonyms: |
acquirements, attainments, culture, erudition, information, letters, literature, lore, research, scholarship, schooling, science, study, training, tuition, wisdom |
Antonyms: |
ignorance |
| Main Entry: | literacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to read |
Synonyms: |
articulacy, articulateness, background, cultivation, education, knowledge, learning, proficiency, refinement, scholarship |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, illiteracy |