1. (noun)education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill Synonyms: precept, statement, command, didactics, teaching method, breeding, teaching, program line, pedagogics, educational activity, education, pedagogy, direction, training, instruction, commandment
2. (noun)education knowledge acquired by learning and instruction Synonyms: training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics
3. (noun)education the gradual process of acquiring knowledge Synonyms: training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics
4. (noun)education the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) Synonyms: training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics
5. (noun)education, training, breeding the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) Synonyms: instruction, rearing, education, breeding, nurture, facts of life, educational activity, gentility, teaching, preparation, reproduction, training, bringing up, procreation, raising, didactics, fosterage, fostering, grooming, upbringing, pedagogy, genteelness
6. (noun)Department of Education, Education Department, Education the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 Synonyms: training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'education'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. education Education (L. educere, to lead or draw out) is the systematic development and cultivation of the mind and other natural powers. "Education is the harmonious development of all our faculties. It Synonyms: education, breeding, discipline, learning, study, cultivation, information, nurture, teaching, culture, instruction, reading, training, development, knowledge, schooling, tuition Antonyms: ignorance, illiteracy
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