| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach someone privately |
| Synonyms: | clue, coach, direct, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, educate, guide, instruct, lay it out for, lecture, let in on, ready, school, train, update |
| Antonyms: | learn |
| Main Entry: | educate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach information, experience |
| Synonyms: | brainwash*, brief, civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, let in on, mature, nurture, put hip, put through the grind, rear, school, show the ropes, train, tutor |
| Antonyms: | learn |
| Main Entry: | educated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | learned, experienced |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, acquainted with, brainy, civilized, coached, corrected, cultivated, cultured, developed, enlightened, enriched, erudite, expert, finished, fitted, formed, informed, initiated, instructed, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, literary, literate, nurtured, polished, prepared, professional, refined, scholarly, schooled, scientific, shaped, skilled, tasteful, taught, trained, tutored, versed in, well-informed, well-read, well-taught, well-versed |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, stupid, uncultured, uneducated, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | base, set; educate |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, bottom, coach, discipline, establish, familiarize, fit, fix, found, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, introduce, predicate, prepare, prime, qualify, rest, settle, stay, teach, train, tutor |
| Main Entry: | instruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform, teach |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, brainwash*, break in, break it to, brief, clue in, coach, counsel, discipline, disclose, drill, drum into, educate, engineer, enlighten, give lessons, ground, guide, keep posted, lead, lecture, level, notify, pilot, reveal, school, steer, tell, train, tutor, update, wise up |
| Antonyms: | learn |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contemplate, learn |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, bone up, brood over, burn midnight oil, bury oneself in, coach, cogitate, consider, crack the books, cram, dig*, dive into, examine, excogitate, go into, go over, grind*, hit the books, inquire, learn, learn the ropes, lucubrate, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, peruse, plug*, plunge, polish up, ponder, pore over, read, read up, refresh, think, think out, think over, tutor, weigh |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | teach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | educate; instill knowledge |
| Synonyms: | advise, brainwash*, break in, brief, catechize, coach, communicate, cram, demonstrate, develop, direct, discipline, drill, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, expound, fit, form, give instruction, give lessons, give the facts, ground, guide, illustrate, imbue, impart, implant, improve mind, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, interpret, lecture, nurture, open eyes, polish up, pound into, prepare, profess, rear, school, sharpen, show, show the ropes, train, tutor |
| Notes: | learn means to acquire or gain skill, knowledge or comprehension; teach means to impart skill, knowledge or comprehension to |
| Antonyms: | learn |
| Main Entry: | train |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare |
| Synonyms: | accustom, brainwash*, break in, care for, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, dry run, educate, enlighten, equip, exercise, get a workout, get in shape, ground, grow strong, guide, habituate, harden, hone, improve, instruct, inure, make ready, mold, prime, qualify, rear, rehearse, run through, school, season, shape, sharpen, show the ropes, study, tame, teach, tutor, update, warm up, whip into shape, wise up, work out |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |