Synonyms for instruction
ɪnˈstrʌk ʃənin·struc·tion

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1. instruction

   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, education, information, knowledge, learning, nurture, reading, schooling, study, teaching, training, tuition

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy

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1. instruction

   Synonyms:
   teaching, education, information, counsel, advice, direction, order, command

   Antonyms:
   misteaching, misinformation, misguidance, misdirection, misinstruction, obedience, pupilage

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1. direction, instructionnoun

   a message describing how something is to be done

   "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"

   Synonyms:
   direction, guidance, focus, education, management, program line, counselling, counsel, way, commission, educational activity, teaching, focussing, centering, counseling, charge, didactics, steering, focal point, statement, command, pedagogy, focusing

2. 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, education, pedagogy, direction, training, commandment

3. teaching, instruction, pedagogynoun

   the profession of a teacher

   "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"

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

4. instruction, command, statement, program linenoun

   (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

   Synonyms:
   direction, education, bidding, assertion, bid, control, educational activity, dictation, teaching, affirmation, argument, financial statement, didactics, program line, statement, command, mastery, pedagogy

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1. homework

   "we were given many homework assignments"

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

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1. instructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   teaching, information, education, indoctrination, training, schooling, discipline, tuition, nurture, breeding

2. instructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   advice, counsel, precept

3. instructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   direction, order, command, mandate

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1. instructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   nurture, tuition, teaching, information, indoctrination, inculcation, education, admonition, edification, enlightenment, propædeutics

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1. List of paraphrases for "instruction":

   instructions, education, teaching, training, co-investigating, investigating, magistrate, investigation, instrucción, 'instruction, schooling, 'enseignement, directions, direction, educational, statement, appraisal, learning, indoctrination, pre-trial

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1. Theresa May:

   I became prime minister immediately after that referendum, i believe it is my duty to deliver on their instruction, and I intend to do so.

2. Cervantes:

   Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a friend of solitude; fountains entertain her, meadows console her, woods free her from ennui, flowers delight her; in short, she gives pleasure and instruction to all with whom she communicates.

3. Laura Coates:

   With all that combined, it's not surprising that an acquittal happened, but it came down really to that jury instruction about looking through the eyes of Kyle Rittenhouse.

4. John Dewey:

   Instruction is important.

5. Hou Yi:

   We simplified our procedures to make everything easier to understand, usually after two hours of instruction, they could hit the ground running.