lore

lore

noun

Definition of LORE

1

a body of facts learned by study or experience <the home gardener had acquired her herbal lore from many years of trial and error>

Synonyms lore, science, wisdom

Related Words dope, information, intelligence, know, lowdown, news, skinny [slang]; data, evidence, facts; acquaintance, awareness, familiarity, literacy; erudition, learning, scholarship; expertise, know-how

Near Antonyms ignorance, inexperience, innocence, nescience, unfamiliarity

2

the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place <set out to study the rich lore of the Cajun people of Louisiana before it all vanished>

Synonyms legend, legendry, lore, myth, mythology, mythos, tradition

Related Words folklife; information, knowledge, wisdom; anecdote, fable, folktale, old wives' tale, tale, yarn