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, learn, 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, learn, 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, learn, 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, learn, 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, learn, 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, learn, 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. Ashley Poust:

   Living birds shoot up to adult size very quickly, mainly as a way of getting strong enough to fly as soon as they can. But they may delay getting their adult feathers for a long time. Gulls, for example, don't look like adults for three or four years even though they learn to fly in only three months.

2. Jackie Nesbitt:

   Better-targeted prize money will help more players earn a living from the game, we are creating a good environment for juniors to learn their trade, be educated in integrity and doping matters, and they know they will be rewarded for doing well in the juniors.

3. Sue Scheff:

   Even though the president obviously believes this is OK, this is one of those teachable moments when we need to learn ... even smart people make not so smart choices online, explain to your child that there is never a reason, online or offline, to treat people cruelly. Even if you are the president of the United States, again, it doesn't excuse.

4. Astronaut Scott Kelly:

   I ’m hopeful and I think we will learn a lot about longer duration space flight and how that will take us to Mars someday. So, I would like to think this is another of many stepping stones to us landing on Mars some time in our future.

5. John Hickenlooper:

   Tonight we watched as a community was on edge and a sheriff’s deputy was shot while responding to a call in Adams County, we are deeply saddened to learn that the deputy has died from injuries sustained in the shooting. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office and the family and friends of the deputy killed.