| Main Entry: | school |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach |
Synonyms: |
advance, coach, control, cultivate, direct, discipline, drill, educate, guide, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, lead, manage, prepare, prime, show, train, tutor, verse |
Antonyms: |
learn |
| Main Entry: | schooling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education |
Synonyms: |
apprenticeship, background, book learning, brainwashing, breeding, catechism, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, inculcation, indoctrination, information, instruction, learnedness, learning, literacy, nurture, pedagogics, pedagogy, preparation, propagandism, proselytism, reading, rearing, refinement, scholarship, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring |
| Main Entry: | breeding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivation of person |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, civility, conduct, courtesy, culture, development, gentility, grace, lineage, manners, nurture, polish, raising, rearing, refinement, schooling, training, upbringing, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | bring up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise youngster |
Synonyms: |
breed, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, feed, form, foster, nourish, nurture, provide for, rear, school, support, teach, train |
| Main Entry: | coach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | instruct, usually in recreation |
Synonyms: |
break in, cram, drill, educate, hone, lay it out for, lick into shape, prepare, pull one's coat, put through the grind, put through the mill, ready, school, teach, train, tutor |
Antonyms: |
accept, learn, listen |
| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | culture, sophistication, education |
Synonyms: |
advancement, aestheticism, breeding, civility, civilization, delicacy, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, gentility, good taste, grounding, improvement, learning, letters, manners, polish, progress, refined taste, refinement, schooling, taste |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, unsophistication |
| Main Entry: | edification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, education |
Synonyms: |
betterment, elevation, elucidation, enhancement, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information, instruction, irradiation, knowledge, learning, nurture, schooling, teaching, tuition, uplifting |
Antonyms: |
destruction, worsening |
| Main Entry: | educate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach information, experience |
Synonyms: |
brainwash*, brief, civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, let in on, mature, nurture, put hip, put through the grind, rear, school, show the ropes, train, tutor |
Antonyms: |
learn |
| 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: | enlighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain thoroughly; make aware |
Synonyms: |
acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, cause to understand, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, give faith, give the lowdown, give the word, guide, illume, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, inspirit, instruct, let in on, open up, persuade, preach, put on to, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift |
Antonyms: |
be vague, bewilder, confound, confuse, delude, mislead, obscure, puzzle |