Synonyms for learn
lɜrn; lɜrndlearn

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. learn

   Synonyms:
   acquire, attain, imbibe, collect, glean, understand, gather

   Antonyms:
   lose, forget, teach, instruct

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. learn, larn, acquireverb

   gain knowledge or skills

   "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

   Synonyms:
   watch, grow, ascertain, produce, larn, gain, get wind, memorize, win, get word, develop, acquire, evolve, instruct, get a line, find out, check, study, assume, get, adopt, hear, discover, take, pick up, read, take on, con, memorise, determine, teach, see

2. learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, seeverb

   get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

   "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"

   Synonyms:
   turn around, ensure, read, pick up, collar, unwrap, key out, reveal, look, experience, get word, visualise, come upon, watch, assure, memorise, fancy, intoxicate, go steady, distinguish, disclose, chance upon, receive, instruct, run into, discover, light upon, escort, try, perk, fall upon, lift up, con, uplift, reckon, give away, take heed, consider, gain vigor, study, name, come across, get a line, elate, collect, chance on, bring out, divulge, take care, let on, control, ascertain, insure, attend, date, realize, check, peck, interpret, meet, image, larn, gather up, strike, take, catch, see to it, cop, find out, see, listen, construe, regard, visualize, describe, picture, find, catch out, call for, perk up, visit, identify, view, project, percolate, arrest, let out, hear, realise, go out, envision, happen upon, determine, take in, nab, get wind, nail, encounter, figure, acquire, examine, expose, break, witness, understand, detect, teach, key, run across, attain, memorize, go through, notice, observe, apprehend

3. memorize, memorise, con, learnverb

   commit to memory; learn by heart

   "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

   Synonyms:
   rook, check, nobble, victimize, gip, read, goldbrick, swindle, con, memorise, get word, take, diddle, study, gyp, determine, see, find out, defraud, hornswoggle, instruct, teach, get a line, bunco, get wind, short-change, pick up, memorize, ascertain, acquire, watch, larn, scam, discover, mulct, hear

4. learn, study, read, takeverb

   be a student of a certain subject

   "She is reading for the bar exam"

   Synonyms:
   require, read, pick up, occupy, interpret, rent, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, get word, take on, carry, watch, assume, meditate, scan, memorise, subscribe to, hold, choose, fill, instruct, necessitate, discover, pick out, examine, register, con, have, hit the books, consider, need, study, get a line, say, get wind, contract, deal, adopt, film, remove, ascertain, translate, lease, train, check, consume, take up, larn, bring, analyze, strike, use up, select, take, engage, drive, find out, see, claim, demand, get, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, canvas, call for, take in, analyse, submit, canvass, take aim, shoot, aim, contemplate, direct, charter, hear, postulate, contain, determine, subscribe, convey, involve, acquire, look at, record, hire, accept, understand, guide, admit, teach, show, memorize, ask, conduct

5. 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, instruct, get a line, find out, check, study, apprize, hear, discover, take, pick up, read, con, memorise, determine, teach, see

6. determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learnverb

   find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

   "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

   Synonyms:
   encounter, ensure, take, read, hold in, jibe, look out, look, experience, tick off, visualise, square up, watch, gibe, assure, image, hold, run across, moderate, look on, checker, condition, check out, run into, discover, regulate, escort, keep an eye on, stop, examine, pick up, memorize, visit, hear, chequer, observe, fix, mold, consider, study, con, tally, come across, regard, define, get a line, suss out, instruct, get wind, check off, check over, take care, watch out, match, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, mark, insure, attend, date, realize, go over, train, check, hold back, specify, interpret, meet, go out, witness, memorise, set, fancy, catch, decide, construe, find out, see, discipline, square off, limit, visualize, picture, find, catch out, go through, take in, correspond, curb, view, influence, project, watch over, fit, arrest, check into, follow, contain, get word, envision, determine, larn, make up one's mind, retard, crack, turn back, go steady, figure, acquire, see to it, break, understand, delay, teach, reckon, shape, settle, tick, realise, agree, mark off

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. learnverb

   Synonyms:
   get a knowledge of, acquire skill in, make one's self acquainted with, make one's self master of

2. learnverb

   Synonyms:
   be informed of

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1. learnverb

   Synonyms:
   master, acquire knowledge

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1. List of paraphrases for "learn":

   learning, teach, discover, learned, draw, know, hear, iearn, acquire, learnt, obtain, learns, get, sepa, study, apprenticeship, gain

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1. Lea Michele:

   What matters is that I clearly acted in ways which hurt other people, one of the most important lessons of the last few weeks is that we need to take the time to listen and learn about other peoples perspectives and any role we have played or anything we can do to help address the injustices that they face.

2. Hugh Jackman:

   This is a time we've never known. We're in our fourth preview, we're all just sort of learning so swings and understudies have not had a chance to learn, they watch from the corner of a room while we rehearse, while we get to practice over and over again. They just get to watch and write notes and then five hours before performance they're told,' You're on by the way, you've got a wig fitting, go !'.

3. John Thumwood:

   When you're living in London that long, you just have to learn to live with it.

4. Quentin Allibert:

   France is strong, and no threat will change that, i hope the world will learn a lesson from these tragedies, as it did from the World Wars.

5. Oleksiyovych Plyats:

   Leonid Oleksiyovych Plyats need to be judged, i hope for an international court. I hope that not only Ukraine but the whole world will learn about Leonid Oleksiyovych Plyats crimes.