Synonyms for reading
ˈrɛd ɪŋread·ing

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1. reading

   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.

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

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 13 votes

1. readingnoun

   the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

   "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"

   Synonyms:
   recital, meter reading, reading material, indication, interpretation, recitation, version

2. readingnoun

   a particular interpretation or performance

   "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"

   Synonyms:
   recital, meter reading, reading material, indication, interpretation, recitation, version

3. reading, meter reading, indicationnoun

   a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

   "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"

   Synonyms:
   recitation, reading material, meter reading, interpretation, recital, indicant, denotation, version, indication

4. reading, reading materialnoun

   written material intended to be read

   "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"

   Synonyms:
   recitation, reading material, meter reading, interpretation, recital, version, indication

5. interpretation, reading, versionnoun

   a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

   Synonyms:
   rendition, reading material, interpretation, recitation, recital, interlingual rendition, adaptation, variation, variant, version, rendering, translation, indication, interpreting, edition, meter reading

6. Readingnoun

   a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

   Synonyms:
   recital, meter reading, reading material, indication, interpretation, recitation, version

7. recitation, recital, readingnoun

   a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

   "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"

   Synonyms:
   narration, yarn, recitation, reading material, meter reading, practice session, drill, version, course session, exercise, recital, practice, class period, indication, interpretation

8. reading, meter readingnoun

   the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments

   "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"

   Synonyms:
   recitation, reading material, meter reading, interpretation, recital, version, indication

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. readingnoun

   Synonyms:
   perusal

2. readingnoun

   Synonyms:
   study of books

3. readingnoun

   Synonyms:
   version, interpretation, lection

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1. readingnoun

   Synonyms:
   perusal, recitation, prelection

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1. List of paraphrases for "reading":

   read, readings, read-, readout, lecture, treatment, interpretation, reader, perusal, time, lu, bed

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1. Senate Republicans:

   I was in the Soviet Union, where there was no academic freedom, and this was a mandatory assigned topic, my grandmother was orphaned because Stalin sent her entire family to Siberia and they died there… I was 18, and within a year I became an anti-communist like most of my classmates. We were reading stuff that was prohibited. We were listening to Pink Floyd, which was illegal.

2. Prince Harry:

   There’s probably a lot of people who, after watching the documentary and reading the book, will go, how could you ever forgive your family for what they have done? People have already said that to me. And I said forgiveness is 100% a possibility because I would like to get my father back. I would like to have my brother back. At the moment, I don’t recognize them, as much as they probably don’t recognize me.

3. Simon Schuster:

   Carolyn Reidy was equally attentive, on a personal level, to our authors, to whom Carolyn Reidy sent handwritten notes when they received awards, made the bestseller list, or simply to let them know when Carolyn Reidy finished reading Avon Books.

4. Brian Welch:

   Earendel existed so long ago that it may not have had all the same raw materials as the stars around us today, studying Earendel will be Studying Earendel into an era of the universe that we are unfamiliar with, but that led to everything we do know. Studying Earendel's like we've been reading a really interesting book, but we started with the second chapter, and now we will have a chance to see how it all got started.

5. Lori Marko:

   We're watching everybody, only met Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker twice, i liked what Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker had to say more this time, now that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's got more teeth into what Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker policies are, what Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's going to do. And I like what I'm hearing for our veterans, for our security, for Obamacare. ... It's more in line what I was thinking, but I wanted to hear what he had to say first. Bill Marko looked into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after reading Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker book.