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

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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. Getty Images:

   It's always going to be a combination of regulation, education, enforcement, and pushing really hard to get these pieces right to keep everyone safe, and if for some reason we need new laws or different regulations, we got to keep doing that, but it's a tough situation. It’s the most crowded place … certainly in the country, and we're throwing these new elements in, and we have to be really smart about it.

2. Michael Lind:

   If you have free universal health care and free education supported by public school taxes, then you have more bargaining power with your bosses, but if everything is privatized, and ordinary Americans have to pay for everything through their wages, then they're at the mercy of their employers. If the workers know they'll be ruined if they lost their jobs, they're not going to be uppity. You want to break their spirit.

3. Kristen Mark:

   A super common issue that arises within relationships, casual or long-term, is lack of communication, approaching conversations about sex can be really difficult due to the stigma our society places on sex and the lack of guidance provided through our incredibly limited access to medically accurate and comprehensive sex education. But it is totally necessary.

4. Kate Andersen Brower:

   The first lady is the best surrogate you can get, especially when they can connect, like Jill Biden can, to bread and butter issues like education and child care, usually, first ladies have much higher approval ratings, so they can appeal to a broader audience than their husbands. They tend to be less polarizing because they usually do not weigh in on hot-button political issues.

5. Dominic Whitehead:

   Dr. Bethune stood for education for all people, before giving a message, I think you need to hear the message and hear what HBCUs are about and the issues that affect us.