train

1 to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness <has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years> Synonyms season, conditionRelated Words fit, habilitate, prepare, ready; acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, break in, orient, orientate, shape; accustom, familiarize, habituate, naturalize; fortify, harden, inure, season, shape up, steel, strengthen, toughenAntonyms decondition

2 to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field <will train the students in good study habits> Synonyms educate, indoctrinate, instruct, lesson, school, teach, tutorRelated Words coach, mentor; drill, fit, ground, habilitate, prepare, prime, qualify; direct, guide, lead, rear; catechize, lecture, moralize, preach; implant, inculcate, instill (also instil); homeschool; edify, enlighten; brief, familiarize, impart (to), inform, verse; initiate, introduce, show; reeducate, reschool, reteach, retrain

3 to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective <train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game> Synonyms center, fasten, focus, rivet, concentrateRelated Words aim, direct, home (in on), hone in (on), level, nail, point, set, zero (in on); attend, heed, mind; fixate (on), obsess (over); refocus

4 to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal <trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye> Synonyms bend, cast, direct, head, hold, level, pinpoint, set, aimRelated Words sight; bear, face; concentrate, focus; incline, orient, steerNear Antonyms avert, curve, deflect, detour, divert, rechannel, shunt, sidetrack

5 to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function <he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits> Synonyms equip, fit, prepare, ready, season, qualifyRelated Words accustom, adapt, adjust, condition, groom, habituate, shape, tailor; authorize, entitle; empower, enable; educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, teach, tutor