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| Main Entry: |
scholarship
 [skol-er-ship] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
| Synonyms: | ability, awareness, cognition, comprehension, discernment, education, erudition, expertise, grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, know-how, learnedness, learning, lore, philosophy, schooling, wisdom |
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| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prize or reward |
| Synonyms: | accolade, adjudication, allotment, bestowal, citation, conferment, conferral, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, feather in cap, gift, gold, gold star, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict |
| Notes: | an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts |
Example Sentences
- The results last week were a colorful hodgepodge of humor scholarship.
- It is a muddied habitat with fuzzy edges and home to all sorts of people, including those who do not fit traditional scholarship.
- These works were at the same time masterpieces of historical scholarship and essays on human pity.
| Main Entry: | education |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instruction, development of knowledge |
| Synonyms: | apprenticeship, background, book learning, brainwashing, breeding, catechism, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, inculcation, indoctrination, information, learnedness, learning, literacy, nurture, pedagogy, preparation, propagandism, proselytism, reading, rearing, refinement, scholarship, schooling, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | erudition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | higher education |
| Synonyms: | bookishness, brains, cultivation, culture, enlightenment, intellectuality, knowledge, learnedness, learning, letters, literacy, lore, pedantry, refinement, savvy, scholarliness, scholarship, science, studiousness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | grant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allowance, gift |
| Synonyms: | admission, allocation, allotment, alms, appropriation, assistance, award, benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, charity, concession, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fellowship, gratuity, handout, lump, present, privilege, reward, scholarship, stipend, subsidy |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, loss |
| Main Entry: | knowledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's understanding; information |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishments, acquaintance, apprehension, attainments, awareness, cognition, comprehension, consciousness, dirt*, discernment, doctrine, dogma, dope*, education, enlightenment, erudition, expertise, facts, familiarity, goods*, grasp, inside story, insight, instruction, intelligence, judgment, know-how, learning, light*, lore, observation, philosophy, picture, power*, principles, proficiency, recognition, scholarship, schooling, science, scoop*, substance, theory, tuition, wisdom |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | learning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | education, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | acquirements, attainments, culture, erudition, information, letters, literature, lore, research, scholarship, schooling, science, study, training, tuition, wisdom |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | literacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to read |
| Synonyms: | articulacy, articulateness, background, cultivation, education, knowledge, learning, proficiency, refinement, scholarship |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, illiteracy |
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