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lore

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lore

1 a body of facts learned by study or experience

the home gardener had acquired her herbal lore from many years of trial and error

Synonyms of lore

knowledge, science, wisdom

Words Related to lore

dope, information, intelligence, know, lowdown, news, skinny [slang]

data, evidence, facts

acquaintance, awareness, familiarity, literacy

erudition, learning, scholarship

expertise, know-how

Near Antonyms of lore

ignorance, inexperience, innocence, nescience, unfamiliarity

2 the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place

set out to study the rich lore of the Cajun people of Louisiana before it all vanished

Synonyms of lore

folklore, legend, legendry, myth, mythology, mythos, tradition

Words Related to lore

information, knowledge, wisdom

anecdote, fable, folktale, old wivesʼ tale, tale, yarn

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