Antonyms for school
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. school

   To teach is simply to communicate knowledge; to instruct (originally, to build in or into, put in order) is to impart knowledge with special method and completeness; instruct has also an authoritative sense nearly equivalent to command. To educate is to draw out or develop harmoniously the mental powers, and, in the fullest sense, the moral powers as well. To train is to direct to a certain result powers already existing. Train is used in preference to educate when the reference is to the inferior animals or to the physical powers of man; as, to train a horse; to train the hand or eye. To discipline is to bring into habitual and complete subjection to authority; discipline is a severe word, and is often used as a euphemism for punish; to be thoroughly effective in war, soldiers must be disciplined as well as trained. To nurture is to furnish the care and sustenance necessary for physical, mental, and moral growth; nurture is a more tender and homelike word than educate. Compare EDUCATION.

   Synonyms:
   discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, give instruction, give lessons, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, instruct, nurture, teach, train, tutor

Matched Categories

1. • Body
   • Educate
   • Educational Institution
   • Refine
   • Swim

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. schoolnoun

   an educational institution

   "the school was founded in 1900"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

2. school, schoolhousenoun

   a building where young people receive education

   "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

3. school, schoolingnoun

   the process of being formally educated at a school

   "what will you do when you finish school?"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

4. schoolnoun

   a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers

   "the Venetian school of painting"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

5. school, schooltime, school daynoun

   the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session

   "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, schooldays, school day, shoal, schooltime

6. schoolnoun

   an educational institution's faculty and students

   "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

7. school, shoalverb

   a large group of fish

   "a school of small glittering fish swam by"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, shallow, school day, shoal, schooltime

8. schoolverb

   educate in or as if in a school

   "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"

   Synonyms:
   civilize, educate, civilise, cultivate, train

9. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civiliseverb

   teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

   "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

   Synonyms:
   aim, groom, educate, naturalise, cultivate, civilize, develop, discipline, take aim, rail, work, domesticate, check, coach, condition, direct, train, trail, take, naturalize, tame, civilise, crop, prepare

10. schoolverb

    swim in or form a large group of fish

    "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"

    Synonyms:
    civilize, educate, civilise, cultivate, train

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. schoolnoun

   Synonyms:
   institute, academy, seminary, college, gymnasium conservatory, university, denomination, sect, shoal, clinic

2. schoolverb

   Synonyms:
   train, educate, drill, teach

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. individual

   a single as opposite to a group.

   "only pip, being an individual, swam separate from the large school of dolphin's."

   Submitted by JP03 on October 28, 2014  

How to use school in a sentence?

1. Kathie Lee Gifford:

   My dad tried to get me to quit playing football in high school. I hurt my ankle and, of course, everyone in my family had always gone right into the oil fields, and there was a concern that I was really going to be hurt, on his part.

2. Rob Hoskins:

   If it’s ‘just’ a prophetic moment let it be. If it’s a revival in one life, one school, one community, rejoice.

3. David Donah:

   We begged and borrowed from our working-class mom and dad to get this house. To get this place where our kids could be safe, where there may be a good school, because the school wasn't built yet.

4. Barack Obama:

   Michelle and I were saddened to learn of the passing of Representative Alan Nunnelee, a proud son of Tupelo, Alan never wavered in his determination to serve the men and women who placed their trust in him, even as he bravely battled the illness that ultimately took his life. As a Sunday School teacher and a deacon at his church, Alan believed deeply in the power of faith and the strength of American families.

5. Scot Pankey:

   I heard the song before Christmas and fell in love with it, we are a project-based school -- there are only two in the Metroplex -- and that means you give the students a project, put them in teams and they have to come up with solutions. They had three weeks to work on it, then present as a group what they learned.

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