| Main Entry: | studied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
Synonyms: |
advised, affected, aforethought, calculated, conscious, considered, deliberate, designed, examined, gone into, investigated, planned, plotted, premeditated, prepared, prepense, purposeful, reviewed, studious, thought-about, thought-out, thought-through, thoughtful, voluntary, well-considered, willful, willing |
Antonyms: |
natural, spontaneous, unintentional, unplanned |
| 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: | study |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine, analyze |
Synonyms: |
brainstorm*, canvass, case, check out, check over, check up, compare, deliberate, do research, figure, give the eagle eye, inspect, investigate, keep tabs, look into, peruse, read, research, scope, scrutinize, sort out, survey, view |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changed in a bad or artificial way |
Synonyms: |
apish, artificial, assumed, awkward, campy, chichi*, conceited, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, faked, false, feigned, fraud*, gone Hollywood, ham, hammy, high falutin', hollow, imitated, insincere, melodramatic, ostentatious, overdone, pedantic, phony, playacting, pompous, precious, pretended, pretentious, put-on, schmaltzy, self-conscious, shallow, sham*, simulated, spurious, stiff, stilted, studied, superficial, theatrical, unnatural |
Antonyms: |
ok, unchanged, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured |
| Main Entry: | analyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine and determine |
Synonyms: |
assay, beat a dead horse, chew over, confab, consider, estimate, evaluate, figure, figure out, get down to brass tacks, hash, inspect, interpret, investigate, judge, kick around, rehash, resolve, scrutinize, sort out, spell out, study, talk game, test, think through |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard |
Synonyms: |
address, be diligent, be industrious, bear down, bend, buckle down, commit, concentrate, dedicate, devote, dig, direct, give, give all one's got, give best shot, give old college try, grind, hammer away, hit the ball, hustle*, knuckle down, make effort, peg away, persevere, plug*, pour it on, pull out all stops, scratch, study, sweat*, throw, try, turn |
| 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: | canvass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poll; discuss issues |
Synonyms: |
agitate, analyze, apply, argue, campaign, check, check over, consult, debate, dispute, electioneer, examine, inspect, investigate, review, run, scan, scrutinize, sift, solicit, study, survey, ventilate |
| Notes: | canvas is the noun (fabric etc.) and canvass is generally a verb (to solicit, question) - though a canvass can be an examination of pros and cons |
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check something in detail |
Synonyms: |
canvass, check out, check over, check up, examine, inspect, scrutinize, study, view |
| Main Entry: | ceremonial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ritual, formal |
Synonyms: |
august, conventional, imposing, liturgical, lofty, mannered, ritualistic, solemn, stately, studied, stylized |
Antonyms: |
informal, unceremonial |