Antonyms for educate
ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪted·u·cate

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1. educateverb

   Synonyms:
   instruct, teach

2. educateverb

   to instruct or train

   Synonyms:
   instruct, teach

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1. educate

   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, enlighten, give instruction, give lessons, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, instruct, nurture, school, teach, train, tutor

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1. educate

   Antonyms:
   miseducate, misinstruct, misnurture

   Synonyms:
   instruct, nurture, discipline, train, teach, develop, ground, school, initiate

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1. educateverb

   give an education to

   "We must educate our youngsters better"

   Synonyms:
   school, civilize, cultivate, develop, prepare, train, civilise

2. train, develop, prepare, educateverb

   create by training and teaching

   "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

   Synonyms:
   rail, rise, originate, coach, prepare, get, build up, civilise, cook, fix, develop, uprise, get up, gear up, organize, take, recrudesce, civilize, make, arise, spring up, modernize, grow, take aim, train, evolve, trail, groom, aim, explicate, direct, organise, produce, germinate, ready, set up, school, discipline, modernise, make grow, cultivate, break, condition, formulate, set, machinate, devise, acquire, check

3. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civiliseverb

   teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

   "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

   Synonyms:
   aim, groom, naturalise, cultivate, civilize, school, develop, discipline, take aim, rail, work, domesticate, check, coach, condition, direct, train, trail, take, naturalize, tame, civilise, crop, prepare

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1. educateverb

   Synonyms:
   teach, instruct, school, nurture, edify, enlighten

How to use educate in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Friedman:

   It is deeply disturbing to see a group of students engaged in this kind of conduct, this symbolic gesture aimed not just to reject or refute ideas but to obliterate the very paper on which they were written... It behooves the university to educate its students about why book burning is so inimical to open discourse and free expression.

2. Neeraj Agrawal:

   This is no way to make policy. There's decisions being made that will massively influence how cryptocurrency develops in America, but it's being done as a last-minute addition to a must pass infrastructure bill, there's been a massive mobilization in DC to try to educate senators and members of Congress about the shortcomings of this language, but we do not have that much time.

3. Meredith Berkman:

   The first thing parents can do is educate yourselves, i kept hearing the window open.

4. Toni Atkins:

   Proposing a cap on out-of-state students at two UC campuses, while increasing out-of-state enrollment overall, does not solve the problem, uC’s job is to educate California students, not wait-list them.

5. Wendy Neampui:

   Our project … is not only to work on making beautiful things from trash, but also to educate people that trash can be a decoration in the home.

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