Synonyms for education
Most common
instruction teaching schooling scholarship training breeding
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Instruction
instruction, teaching, schooling, scholarship, learning, pedagogy, tuition AU IN, culture, knowledge, enlightenment, didactics, edification, information dated
Other
literacy, cultivation, civilization, civilisation UK, nurture, drilling
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
Good education is essential for a well-run society.
- n. 2
Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
He has had a classical education.
Forms
- Plural
- educations → instructions, teachings, schoolings, scholarships…
Choose the right word
We speak of the teaching, training, or discipline, but not of the education or tuition of a dog or a horse.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- teaching He is capable of teaching both English and French.
- scholarship If I were you, I would apply for the scholarship.
- instruction Thank you for your instruction. It really helped.
- schooling Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
- literacy This organisation promotes literacy in rural areas.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| education | falling | |
| teaching | steady | |
| scholarship | rising | |
| instruction | falling | |
| schooling | rising | |
| literacy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- culture2, tuition3, nurture2
- 8 letters
- training2, learning2, teaching2, breeding2, literacy4, drilling2, pedagogy4
- 9 letters
- knowledge2, schooling2, didactics
- 11 letters
- information4, scholarship3, instruction3, cultivation4, edification5
- 12 letters
- civilization5, civilisation
- 13 letters
- enlightenment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (culture2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- éducation
- Italiano
- educazione
- Español
- educación
- Deutsch
- Erziehung