study

study

noun

Definition of STUDY

1

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something <conducted a study to determine the sleep needs of adolescents>

Synonyms delving, disquisition, examen, examination, exploration, inquest, inquisition, investigation, probation, probe, probing, research, study

Related Words quest; audit, check; checkup, diagnosis, inspection; hearing, interrogation, trial; feeler, query, question; poll, questionary, questionnaire, survey; challenge, cross-examination, going-over, grilling, quiz; rehearing, reinvestigation; self-examination, self-exploration, self-questioning, self-reflection, self-scrutiny, soul-searching

2

the state of being lost in thought <found her staring at the fire in a deep study>

Synonyms daydreaming, study, trance, woolgathering

Related Words contemplation, meditation, musing; absentmindedness, absorption, abstraction, preoccupation; chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), figment, hallucination, illusion, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision

3

a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something <the idea is under study by the city council>

Synonyms account, advisement, debate, deliberation, reflection, study, thought

Related Words cogitation, contemplation, meditation, pondering, rumination; introspection; agonizing, hesitation, indecision; premeditation

Antonyms short shrift