Synonyms for instruct
ɪnˈstrʌktin·struct

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1. instructverb

   Synonyms:
   guide

2. instructverb

   To teach or direct; to give instructions.

   Listen carefully when someone instructs you to assemble.

   Synonyms:
   guide

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1. instruct

   To teach is simply to communicate knowledge; to instruct (originally, to build in or into, put in order) is to impart knowledge with special method and completeness; instruct has also an authoritative sense nearly equivalent to command. To educate is to draw out or develop harmoniously the mental powers, and, in the fullest sense, the moral powers as well. To train is to direct to a certain result powers already existing. Train is used in preference to educate when the reference is to the inferior animals or to the physical powers of man; as, to train a horse; to train the hand or eye. To discipline is to bring into habitual and complete subjection to authority; discipline is a severe word, and is often used as a euphemism for punish; to be thoroughly effective in war, soldiers must be disciplined as well as trained. To nurture is to furnish the care and sustenance necessary for physical, mental, and moral growth; nurture is a more tender and homelike word than educate. Compare EDUCATION.

   Synonyms:
   discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, give instruction, give lessons, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, nurture, school, teach, train, tutor

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1. instruct

   Synonyms:
   enlighten, educate, inform, indoctrinate, acquaint, teach, edify, train, discipline, direct, initiate, command

   Antonyms:
   misinform, miseducate, misinstruct, misguide, mislead, misacquaint, deceive, neglect, barbarize, brutalize

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1. teach, learn, instructverb

   impart skills or knowledge to

   "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"

   Synonyms:
   watch, ascertain, larn, get wind, memorize, get word, apprise, acquire, learn, get a line, find out, check, study, apprize, hear, discover, take, pick up, read, con, memorise, determine, teach, see

2. instructverb

   give instructions or directions for some task

   "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"

   Synonyms:
   learn, apprise, teach, apprize

3. instruct, apprise, apprizeverb

   make aware of

   "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

   Synonyms:
   teach, send word, apprise, appreciate, give notice, advise, learn, notify, apprize, revalue

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1. • Inform
   • Order

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1. instructverb

   Synonyms:
   teach, inform, enlighten, educate, indoctrinate, drill, exercise, train, school

2. instructverb

   Synonyms:
   direct, command, order, enjoin, prescribe to

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1. instructverb

   Synonyms:
   teach, indoctrinate, edify, enlighten, coach

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1. List of paraphrases for "instruct":

   entrust, instructions, teach, educate

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How to use instruct in a sentence?

1. Maya Guerra Gamble:

   You are already under oath to tell the truth, you've already violated that oath twice today, in just those two examples. It seems absurd to instruct you again that you must tell the truth while you testify. Yet here I am again.

2. Charles Krauthammer:

   The Russians left Afghanistan 25 years ago. [Obama has] been in office seven years. Seventy-six percent of the combat deaths in Afghanistan have occurred under Obama, and there's little doubt that our position in Afghanistan today is weaker than seven years ago when he came into office, so when he's trying to instruct Putin on national interests and on quagmires, he's on rather thin ground.

3. Megan Kuhfeld:

   It appears that math is something that parents don't feel as comfortable doing with their kids, we find that math is often something that parents view as the school's domain to instruct students on. So typically, when school is out, math just happens less in the home than reading.

4. Bart Barber:

   If we fail to apply the teachings of our faith to questions like immigration or Herschel Walker’s behavior or Donald Trump’s behavior in the way that Kamala Harris thinks we should, we wind up being scolded and encouraged to let our faith shape our moral and political decisions more aggressively, but when it comes to questions like abortion, Kamala Harris is willing to offer instruction about how we should divorce our faith from our moral and political decisions. I choose to let the teachings of Jesus instruct me about how to apply my faith. I show respect for our Vice-President by praying for Kamala Harris and by loving Kamala Harris as my neighbor, and I show respect for the fellow human beings waiting for their chance to be born by opposing their slaughter in the abortionist’s chamber.

5. Sediq Seddiqi:

   The minister was very serious to instruct police to provide maximum security to prisons in vulnerable areas, they are on high alert.