Synonyms for lesson
- noun
- verb
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.
- v. 1
To give a lesson to; to teach.
Related words
- Phrases
- object lesson lesson horse
Example sentences
- instruction Thank you for your instruction. It really helped.
- lecture I ought to have attended the lecture but I didn't.
- rebuke He took it for an implied rebuke.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lesson | rising | |
| instruction | falling | |
| lecture | steady | |
| rebuke | rising | |
| lection | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- task1, lear1
- 5 letters
- study2, moral2
- 6 letters
- rebuke2, homily3
- 7 letters
- example3, warning2, lecture2, precept2, reproof, lection
- 8 letters
- exercise3
- 11 letters
- instruction3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).