Synonyms for education
ˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃəned·u·ca·tion

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1. education

   Education (Latin 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 begins in the nursery, and goes on at school, but does not end there. It continues through life, whether we will or not.... 'Every person,' says Gibbon, 'has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one more important, which he gives himself.'" John Lubbock The Use of Life ch. vii, p. 111. [Macmillan & Co. '94.] Instruction, the impartation of knowledge by others (Latin instruere, to build in or into) is but a part of education, often the smallest part. Teaching is the more familiar and less formal word for instruction. Training refers not merely to the impartation of knowledge, but to the exercising of one in actions with the design to form habits. Discipline is systematic and rigorous training, with the idea of subjection to authority and perhaps of punishment. Tuition is the technical term for teaching as the business of an instructor or as in the routine of a school; tuition is narrower than teaching, not, like the latter word, including training. Study is emphatically what one does for himself. We speak of the teaching, training, or discipline, but not of the education or tuition of a dog or a horse. Breeding and nurture include teaching and training, especially as directed by and dependent upon home life and personal association; breeding having reference largely to manners with such qualities as are deemed distinctively characteristic of high birth; nurture (literally nourishing) having more direct reference to moral qualities, not overlooking the physical and mental. Knowledge and learning tell nothing of mental development apart from the capacity to acquire and remember, and nothing whatever of that moral development which is included in education in its fullest and noblest sense; learning, too, may be acquired by one's unaided industry, but any full education must be the result in great part of instruction, training, and personal association. Study is emphatically what one does for himself, and in which instruction and tuition can only point the way, encourage the student to advance, and remove obstacles; vigorous, persevering study is one of the best elements of training. Study is also used in the sense of the thing studied, a subject to be mastered by study, a studious pursuit. Compare KNOWLEDGE; REFINEMENT; WISDOM.

   Compare synonyms for IGNORANT.

   Synonyms:
   breeding, cultivation, culture, development, discipline, information, instruction, knowledge, learning, nurture, reading, schooling, study, teaching, training, tuition

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy

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1. education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activitynoun

   the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

   "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

   Synonyms:
   precept, statement, command, didactics, teaching method, breeding, teaching, program line, pedagogics, educational activity, pedagogy, direction, training, instruction, commandment

2. educationnoun

   knowledge acquired by learning and instruction

   "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

   Synonyms:
   training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics

3. educationnoun

   the gradual process of acquiring knowledge

   "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"

   Synonyms:
   training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics

4. educationnoun

   the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

   Synonyms:
   training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics

5. education, training, breedingnoun

   the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

   "a woman of breeding and refinement"

   Synonyms:
   instruction, rearing, breeding, nurture, facts of life, educational activity, gentility, teaching, preparation, reproduction, training, bringing up, procreation, raising, didactics, fosterage, fostering, grooming, upbringing, pedagogy, genteelness

6. Department of Education, Education Department, Educationnoun

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Cognitive Content
   • Education
   • Learning
   • Profession

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1. eko

   the word eko means education in an african language. widely used. relevant.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

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1. educationnoun

   Synonyms:
   training, teaching, schooling, instruction, discipline, cultivation, tuition, nurture, breeding, EDIFICATION, drilling

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1. educationnoun

   Synonyms:
   culture, learning, schooling, tuition, scholarship, nurture, enlightenment, literacy

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1. List of paraphrases for "education":

   educational, teaching, training, schooling, instruction, upbringing, educating, studies, learning, educate, school, 'éducation, educación, éducation, tuition, awareness, formation, 'enseignement, bildung, educated, educação, schools, educative, instructional, awareness-raising, academic, study, enseñanza

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1. Julie Johnson:

   We still have to be vigilant but hopefully given the resounding joy that went though the Texas House chamber when we were successful, on both Texas Democrats and Republicans, hopefully this is over for this session and we can focus on the important things like the education bill.

2. Leslie Huang:

   The school board has not been prioritizing our childrens’ education, instead focusing on renaming schools and closing merit-based admissions.

3. Boris Nemtsov:

   This is my country. The Russian people are in bit of trouble. Russian court doesn't work. Russian education decline every year. I believe that Russia has a chance to be free. Has a chance. It's difficult, but we must do it.

4. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   When there is no such thing as religious culture and moral education, serious social problems such as drug addiction and racism fill the gap.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:

   The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.