Antonyms for learn
lɜrn; lɜrndlearn

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1. learn

   Antonyms:
   lose, forget, teach, instruct

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

Matched Categories

1. • Inform
   • Study

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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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1. learnverb

   Synonyms:
   master, acquire knowledge

How to use learn in a sentence?

1. Brian Deese:

   Certainly our hope is that we are laying forth template that other countries could also learn from and look at as well.

2. Melania Trump:

   I'm here to learn about your facility, in which I know you house children on a long-term basis, and also like to ask you how I can help these children to reunite with their families as quickly as possible.

3. Margaret Hilda Thatcher:

   I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.

4. Helen Keller:

   Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I am in, therein to be content.

5. Education President Linda Darling-Hammond:

   Teachers can teach more effectively when they know their students well and students learn more effectively in an environment of trust and belonging.

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