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education

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of education

1 the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another

a teacher who devoted herself to the education of children with special needs

Synonyms of education

instruction, schooling, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring

Words Related to education

didactics, pedagogics, pedagogy

higher education, higher learning

coaching, conditioning, cultivation, preparation, readying

development, direction, guidance, nurturance, nurturing

edification, enlightenment, improvement

2 the understanding and information gained from being educated

a person whose extensive education was obvious to all who met him

Synonyms of education

erudition, knowledge, learnedness, learning, literacy, scholarship

Words Related to education

culture, edification, enlightenment

bookishness, pedantry

Near Antonyms of education

functional illiteracy

Antonyms of education

ignorance, illiteracy, illiterateness

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