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
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Synonyms and Antonyms of education 
