Synonyms for TRAINING
ˈtreɪ nɪŋtrain·ing

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1. training

   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, instruction, knowledge, learning, nurture, reading, schooling, study, teaching, tuition

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy

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1. training, preparation, groomingnoun

   activity leading to skilled behavior

   Synonyms:
   homework, cooking, formulation, breeding, provision, preparedness, grooming, education, readying, training, planning, dressing, readiness, prep, cookery, preparation

2. education, training, breedingnoun

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

   "a woman of breeding and refinement"

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

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1. trainingnoun

   Synonyms:
   instruction, teaching, education, drilling, drill, discipline, schooling, breeding, tuition, nurture

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1. trainingnoun

   Synonyms:
   discipline, nurture, drilling, exercise

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1. List of paraphrases for "training":

   formation, trained, train, education, instruction, learning, formations, trainings, forming, formazione, retraining, entrainment, capacitación, formación, educational, formação, courses, coaching, skills-training, weiterbildung, teaching, ripple, course, formative

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1. Julia Barnes:

   The only number that matters to anybody is the win number, right? i'm looking to build an infrastructure that's going to take the energy that started before us and funnel it into something real. The biggest part of any campaign is spending the time and investing the resources in recruiting, training and motivating volunteers.

2. Michael Harrison:

   This work is important, it requires constant education, constant training, constant motivation, constant inspiration that we have to give, not just to keep our people happy but keep them reminded of the value of the work we do. So, recruiting is only part of it. Retaining good people is the other half that we don't often talk about.

3. Nicole McKeown:

   When you're in the moment, you know, it's more of training kicks in, i don't think really either one of us gave a thought as to our immediate safety.

4. Jena Griswold:

   I will not authorize the spending of state resources on travel to Alabama for this training or any other purpose.

5. Attorney Andrew Lampros:

   At some point, someone who's in charge of training, retention, policy and procedure needs to put a stop to it so governmental entities can stop settling cases like this, the loss of life is by far the most valuable aspect and the most important. They need to stop killing people for things like an alleged broken taillight.