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schooling - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | background, brainwashing*, breeding, catechism, civilization, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, indoctrination, information, instruction, learning, literacy, nurture, pedagogics, pedagogy, preparation, reading, refinement, scholarship, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring, apprenticeship, book learning*, coaching, drilling, inculcation, learnedness, propagandism, proselytism, rearing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breeding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivation of person |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, civility, conduct, courtesy, culture, development, gentility, grace, lineage, manners, nurture, polish, refinement, training, upbringing, raising, rearing, schooling, urbanity |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | learning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | culture, erudition, information, literature, lore, research, scholarship, science, study, training, tuition, wisdom, acquirements, attainments, letters, schooling |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| 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: | training |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation |
| Synonyms: | background, basics, buildup, cultivation, discipline, drill, education, exercise, foundation, groundwork, guidance, indoctrination, instruction, practice, seasoning, teaching, tuition, tutelage, upbringing, workout*, chalk talk, coaching, domestication, grounding, preliminaries, principles, readying, schooling, sharpening, tune-up, warm-up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tuition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education; education costs |
| Synonyms: | charge, expenditure, fee, instruction, price, teaching, training, tutelage, tutoring, lessons, schooling |
| Main Entry: | tutelage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guardianship; teaching |
| Synonyms: | care, custody, education, guidance, instruction, lesson, preparation, protection, supervision, training, tutoring, apprenticeship, coaching, drilling, schooling |
| 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: | lesson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information taught |
| Synonyms: | assignment, class, drill, education, exercise, instruction, lecture, period, practice, quiz, reading, recitation, study, task, teaching, test, tutoring, chalk talk, coaching, homework, schooling |
| Notes: | lessen means to decrease in size, extent, or range, while a lesson is a unit of instruction |
| Main Entry: | scholarship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
| Synonyms: | ability, awareness, cognition, comprehension, discernment, education, erudition, expertise, grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, know-how*, learning, lore, philosophy, wisdom, learnedness, schooling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | bring up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise youngster |
| Synonyms: | breed, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, feed, form, foster, nourish, nurture, rear, school, support, teach, train, provide for |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, mature, nurture, rear, school, train, tutor, let in on, put hip, put through the grind, show the ropes |
| Antonyms: | learn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enlighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain thoroughly; make aware |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, guide, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, persuade, preach, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift, cause to understand, give faith, give the lowdown, give the word, illume, inspirit, let in on, open up, put on to |
| Antonyms: | bewilder, confound, confuse, delude, mislead, obscure, puzzle, be vague |
| Main Entry: | familiarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become acquainted with, knowledgeable about |
| Synonyms: | accustom, adapt, adjust, break the ice*, case*, check out, coach, condition, enlighten, get in, get together, habituate, inform, instruct, inure, mix, naturalize, popularize, post, prime, school, season, train, use, wont, awaken to, become adept in, become aware of, bring into use, come to know, gain friendship, get lay of land, get lowdown on, get to know, get with it, let down hair, let know, let next to, make conversant, make used to, put on to, tip off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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