Synonyms for learning
ˈlɜr nɪŋlearn·ing

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1. learning

   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, nurture, reading, schooling, study, teaching, training, tuition

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy

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1. learning

   Synonyms:
   knowledge, erudition, literature, lore, letters, acquirements, attainments, scholarship, education, tuition, culture

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, boorishness, it, literiteness, emptiness, sciolism, intuition, revelation, inspiration

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1. learning, acquisitionnoun

   the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

   "the child's acquisition of language"

   Synonyms:
   attainment, scholarship, eruditeness, encyclopaedism, accomplishment, acquisition, learnedness, erudition, acquirement, encyclopedism, skill

2. eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedismnoun

   profound scholarly knowledge

   Synonyms:
   scholarship, eruditeness, encyclopaedism, acquisition, learnedness, erudition, encyclopedism

Matched Categories

1. • Basic Cognitive Process
   • Education

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1. learningnoun

   Synonyms:
   acquisition of knowledge

2. learningnoun

   Synonyms:
   erudition, scholarship, acquirements, attainments, lore, acquired knowledge

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1. learningnoun

   Synonyms:
   education, erudition, lore, scholarship, knowledge

   Associated words:
   savant, philomath, philomathy, misology, oracle, pedant, pedantry

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1. List of paraphrases for "learning":

   apprenticeship, learn, education, apprenticeships, training, teaching, educational, study, learnings, studying, apprentissage, learner, lernen, apprentice, e-learning, instruction, formation, knowledge, didactic, lessons

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1. Missouri System President Tim Wolfe:

   It is my belief that we stopped listening to each other, we did n’t respond or react. We got frustrated with each other and we forced individuals like Jonathan Butler to take immediate action, unusual steps to affect change. This is not – I repeat, not – the way change should come about. Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation and we have top respect each other enough to stop yelling at each other and quit intimidating each other.

2. Donal Murphy:

   We're learning about those markets, I think we'd be certainly be hopeful that there will be opportunities, if we take a long term view, we would be disappointed if our Energy business was not operating outside of Europe over the next three to five years.

3. Tanya Altmann:

   I think there is good research that shows that nutrition is critical for a child's brain and for concentration and learning at school. So whether breakfast is provided at home or at school, as a pediatrician, I do see a difference in kids that get good nutrition in the morning, such as protein, fresh fruit and enough calories, and how they function during the day at school, while adults may be able to focus and concentrate better with poorer nutrition, with kids, they cannot necessarily control that, and they might be more distracted and less able to sit and learn if their basic needs such as sleep and nutrition aren't getting met.

4. Richard Bach:

   Learning is finding out what you already know, Doing is demonstrating that you know it, Teaching is reminding others that they know it as well as you do. We are all learners, doers, and teachers.

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   glazed eyes staring stupid looking at nothing and seeing everything born of and into ignorance what society dictates we consume cattle gathering around learning devices called television