Synonyms for education
ˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃəned·u·ca·tion

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1. education

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

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy

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1. education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activitynoun

   the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

   "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

   Synonyms:
   precept, statement, command, didactics, teaching method, breeding, teaching, program line, pedagogics, educational activity, pedagogy, direction, training, instruction, commandment

2. educationnoun

   knowledge acquired by learning and instruction

   "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

   Synonyms:
   training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics

3. educationnoun

   the gradual process of acquiring knowledge

   "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"

   Synonyms:
   training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics

4. educationnoun

   the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

   Synonyms:
   training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics

5. education, training, breedingnoun

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

   "a woman of breeding and refinement"

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

6. Department of Education, Education Department, Educationnoun

   the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979

   Synonyms:
   training, educational activity, teaching, breeding, pedagogy, instruction, didactics

Matched Categories

1. • Cognitive Content
   • Education
   • Learning
   • Profession

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1. eko

   the word eko means education in an african language. widely used. relevant.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

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1. educationnoun

   Synonyms:
   training, teaching, schooling, instruction, discipline, cultivation, tuition, nurture, breeding, EDIFICATION, drilling

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1. educationnoun

   Synonyms:
   culture, learning, schooling, tuition, scholarship, nurture, enlightenment, literacy

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1. List of paraphrases for "education":

   educational, teaching, training, schooling, instruction, upbringing, educating, studies, learning, educate, school, 'éducation, educación, éducation, tuition, awareness, formation, 'enseignement, bildung, educated, educação, schools, educative, instructional, awareness-raising, academic, study, enseñanza

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1. Barbara Perry:

   This is good for public education. Supreme Court's good for the court coming into the 21st century.

2. Moha Gerehou:

   It has a lot to do with education, because the main bottleneck is in access to universities, leaving low-paid and precarious employment like domestic work or harvesting, where there is rampant exploitation.

3. Charlie Baker:

   The vast majority of school districts and schools in Massachusetts are opening today, which I think is incredibly important and a terrifically positive sign about the hard work that so many people around the commonwealth are doing every single day to make sure kids get the education that they're entitled to and that they deserve, and that they and their families have the predictability that comes with knowing that their schools are going to be open and available to serve their kids.

4. Plato:

   The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

5. Ben Carson:

   I'm talking about the fact that there are a lot of public schools that exist in areas that are economically deprived that don't have the facilities that are necessary to provide the best education for our children.