Synonyms for instruct
ɪnˈstrʌktin·struct

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1. instructverb

   Synonyms:
   guide

2. instructverb

   To teach or direct; to give instructions.

   Listen carefully when someone instructs you to assemble.

   Synonyms:
   guide

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 6 votes

1. instruct

   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, nurture, school, teach, train, tutor

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. instruct

   Synonyms:
   enlighten, educate, inform, indoctrinate, acquaint, teach, edify, train, discipline, direct, initiate, command

   Antonyms:
   misinform, miseducate, misinstruct, misguide, mislead, misacquaint, deceive, neglect, barbarize, brutalize

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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, learn, get a line, find out, check, study, apprize, hear, discover, take, pick up, read, con, memorise, determine, teach, see

2. instructverb

   give instructions or directions for some task

   "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"

   Synonyms:
   learn, apprise, teach, apprize

3. instruct, apprise, apprizeverb

   make aware of

   "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

   Synonyms:
   teach, send word, apprise, appreciate, give notice, advise, learn, notify, apprize, revalue

Matched Categories

1. • Inform
   • Order

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. instructverb

   Synonyms:
   teach, inform, enlighten, educate, indoctrinate, drill, exercise, train, school

2. instructverb

   Synonyms:
   direct, command, order, enjoin, prescribe to

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1. instructverb

   Synonyms:
   teach, indoctrinate, edify, enlighten, coach

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1. List of paraphrases for "instruct":

   entrust, instructions, teach, educate

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How to use instruct in a sentence?

1. Robin Tam:

   There are clearly a number of further steps that need to be taken regarding this matter, it is not yet apparent whether Mr Kovtun intends to instruct legal representatives. (A lawyer for the inquiry) has asked him to supply a detailed witness statement but has not yet received such a document.

2. The Daily Wire:

   A clear majority of Americans (65%), including 69% of parents, say it is ‘inappropriate’ for teachers to instruct students in grades K-3 on sexual orientations while 21% say it is ‘appropriate,’.

3. Voltaire:

   Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

4. Alex Mooney:

   It’s something I ’m certainly going to look at, i do n’t know how arrogant you have to be to think that as a Democrat U.S. senator, you can instruct Republicans who vote in primaries how to vote.

5. Julie Inman Grant:

   We cannot allow this heinous material to be used to promote, incite or instruct in further terrorist acts.