STUDYING Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

studying

verb

present participle of study

as in researching

to use the mind to acquire knowledge you'll have to study hard and learn all about the Revolutionary War in order to pass the history test

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as in learning

to commit to memory having carefully studied the document, he could repeat what it said exactly

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as in contemplating

to give serious and careful thought to scientists who study the origin of the universe

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Recent Examples of studying But researchers are also studying the drug’s effects on broader metabolic health, including blood sugar regulation, cholesterol levels and cardiovascular risk markers. —

Daryl Austin, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026 Learning a language, studying abroad, or simply traveling to experience something entirely unfamiliar to you. —

Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026 After a detour studying the humanities, he was admitted to the National College of Art and Design, in Bergen, which housed the country’s pioneering institute for the study of photography. —

Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026 By studying this polarization, IXPE can help astronomers probe some of the deepest mysteries of the cosmos, such as why black holes spin, what powers the extreme jets blasting from supermassive black holes, or why pulsars glow so brightly in X-ray light. —

Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026 Primatologist Birutė Galdikas died on March 24, 2026, and an era of science that began in the forests of Tanzania, Rwanda and Borneo studying humanity’s closest living relatives more than half a century ago is coming quietly to a close. —

Mireya Mayor, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026 At the time he was detained, Contreras was a freshman at Ellis Preparatory Academy in Marble Hill, a school that caters to older newcomers who want to continue studying and go to college. —

Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026 In a new study published in the journal Science, a team of scientists spent decades studying and sampling select populations of scarlet monkeyflowers in California and Oregon. —

Nathan Rott, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026 Gracey, who was studying accounting at the University of Alabama, is from the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst. —

Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026

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BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
But for the past several years, I’ve been obsessed with a specific group of outliers while researching Outlast, my forthcoming book about the world’s oldest companies.

— Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026