| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place, system for educating |
| Synonyms: | academy, alma mater, blackboard, college, department, discipline, establishment, faculty, hall, halls of ivy, institute, institution, jail*, schoolhouse, seminary, university |
| Main Entry: | school |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body of philosophy on subject |
| Synonyms: | belief, creed, faith, outlook, persuasion, school of thought, stamp, way, way of life |
| Main Entry: | school |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach |
| Synonyms: | advance, coach, control, cultivate, direct, discipline, drill, educate, guide, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, lead, manage, prepare, prime, show, train, tutor, verse |
| Antonyms: | learn |
| Concept: | School. |
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-nouns
school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum; institute, institution; palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar., day school, boarding school, preparatory school, prep school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school; school of art; kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory., pulpit, desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune., school book, horn book, text book; grammar, primer, abecedary, rudiments, manual, vade mecum; encyclopedia, cyclopedia; Lindley Murray, Cocker; dictionary, lexicon., professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship; chair., School Board Council of Education; Board of Education; Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies; Textbook Committee; propaganda.
-adjectives
scholastic, academic, collegiate; educational.
-adverbs
ex cathedra.
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| Main Entry: | academia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholarly world |
| Synonyms: | academe, academic community, academicians, college, savants, school |
| Main Entry: | bring up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise youngster |
| Synonyms: | breed, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, feed, form, foster, nourish, nurture, provide for, rear, school, support, teach, train |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of close friends, associates |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, assembly, bunch, cabal, camarilla, camp, clan, class, clique, club, companions, company, comrades, coterie, crew, cronies, crowd, crush, fraternity, gang, in-group, insiders, intimates, lot, mob, outfit, party, posse, ring, school, set, society, sorority |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, sort, category |
| Synonyms: | branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, character, classification, collection, color, degree, denomination, department, description, designation, distinction, division, domain, estate, family, feather, frame, genre, genus, grade, grain, grouping, hierarchy, humor, ilk, kidney, league, make, mold, name, nature, order, origin, property, province, quality, range, rank, rate, school, sect, section, selection, set, source, species, sphere, standing, status, stripe, style, suit, temperament, value, variety |
| Main Entry: | coach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | instruct, usually in recreation |
| Synonyms: | break in, cram, drill, educate, hone, lay it out for, lick into shape, prepare, pull one's coat, put through the grind, put through the mill, ready, school, teach, train, tutor |
| Antonyms: | accept, learn, listen |