Synonyms for learn
Definitions
- v. 1
To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
He just learned that he will be sacked.
- v. 2
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
Every day I learn more about this great city.
- v. 3
To attend a course or other educational activity.
- v. 4
To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
learn from one's mistakes
Forms
- Past participle
- learnt
e.g. learnt → discovered, known, ascertained, seen…
Example sentences
- find Everywhere you go, you will find the same scenery.
- understand I understand now why he didn't go to a university.
- discover How foolish I was not to discover that simple lie!
- ascertain We will first ascertain the cause of the disaster.
- glean What can you glean from his search history?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| learn | rising | |
| find | rising | |
| understand | rising | |
| discover | rising | |
| ascertain | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, see1, con1
- 4 letters
- know1, take1, find1, read1, hear1, larn
- 5 letters
- watch1, check1, study2, glean1
- 6 letters
- gather2, attain2
- 7 letters
- acquire3
- 8 letters
- discover3, memorize3, memorise
- 9 letters
- determine3, ascertain3
- 10 letters
- understand3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).