Synonyms of educating

educating

verb

present participle of educate

1

as in teaching

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field

a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teaching
• schooling
• instructing
• training
• indoctrinating
• tutoring
• guiding
• informing
• lecturing
• coaching
• preparing
• lessoning
• mentoring
• preaching
• introducing
• instilling
• leading
• inculcating
• priming
• grounding
• drilling
• showing
• familiarizing
• enlightening
• moralizing
• directing
• implanting
• homeschooling
• rearing
• edifying
• catechizing
• qualifying
• retraining
• reeducating
• habilitating
• initiating
• imparting (to)
• fitting
• briefing
• versing
• reteaching
• reschooling

2

as in inspiring

to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding

the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inspiring
• enriching
• transforming
• nurturing
• enlightening
• edifying
• illuminating
• illumining
• uplifting
• improving
• elevating
• lifting
• ennobling
• illuming
• bettering
• regenerating
• exalting
• renewing
• ensouling
• transfiguring
• glorifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confusing
• puzzling
• perplexing
• obscuring
• darkening
• clouding
• beclouding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of educating

As such, continued awareness of ongoing ICE activities and educating people about their rights is core to the NWI Community Response Team’s mission. — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Faculty are chosen based on their track record of educating Black students. — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026

Levi’s Wear Longer Project also kicked off in January 2026 with the goal of educating young people about repair. — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Some cities in the country are seeing increasingly high rates of cyclists being killed or injured as others are mitigating the risks by installing new bike paths and educating residents on bike safety. — Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Public schools, meanwhile, must continue educating eligible children in their districts, regardless of how expensive their needs may be. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

This includes educating and training thousands of engineers, maritime specialists, nuclear tradespeople and other professionals to support the enterprise across its full lifecycle, as per the release. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Angie Blochowicz say that the point of reaching out and educating residents is that the new growth and changes are created for the current population to enjoy and not just be pushed out. — Nathalie Marie Palacios, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Before approving the homes Connecticut needs, every community would need to spend years independently organizing, educating and debating. — David Rich, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026