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Synonyms for learning

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An act in which something is learned.

Forms

Plural
learnings → knowledges, eruditions, scholarships, educations…

Choose the right word

Learning, Lore, Knowledge or Erudition?

Lore is used only in poetic or elevated style, for accumulated knowledge, as of a people or age, or in a more limited sense for learning or erudition.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • education Now let's return to the main problem of education.
  • science Advances in science don't always benefit humanity.
  • culture In culture, they are on the same plane as savages.
  • knowledge Anna married without the knowledge of her parents.
  • mind The climate has much to do with our mind and body.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
learningrising
educationfalling
sciencesteady
culturerising
knowledgerising
mindrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
mind1, lore1
5 letters
study2
6 letters
letter2, wisdom2
7 letters
science2, culture2, letters2
9 letters
education4, knowledge2, erudition4
10 letters
attainment3
11 letters
acquisition4, scholarship3, learnedness, eruditeness
14 letters
encyclopaedism

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
apprentissage
Italiano
apprendimento