LORES Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

lores

noun

plural of lore

as in knowledges

a body of facts learned by study or experience the home gardener had acquired her herbal lore from many years of trial and error

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as in mythologies

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

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Noun

Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of knowledges

Noun

What impact did her decision to (arguably) curve Drake’s kiss attempt when presenting her the award have on both of their mythologies?

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026
Both of these tales were derived from the folk legends and mythologies involving witches and ghosts that were still prevalent along the Hudson Valley.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of mythologies

Noun

That’s the paradoxical power of benchmarking in the sciences.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Cheryl Thompson, professor and associate director for population sciences at the Penn State Cancer Institute, told Campus Insights Media the picture is complicated.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of sciences

Noun

Somehow, the book is compact enough to fit into a bag, easy to dip into and draw from Le Guin’s wellspring of wisdoms.

— Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
The book also includes little wisdoms from his three children with wife Camila Alves McConaughey; son Levi, 17 (who plays his onscreen son in The Lost Bus), daughter Vida, 15, and younger son Livingston, 12.

— Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

Definition of wisdoms

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But experts and adherents alike warn that this idea fails to reckon with how different traditions and worldviews can often contradict one another.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
And Saul says that younger heirs often want to preserve their family’s charitable traditions while giving in ways that reflect their own values.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of traditions

Noun

Knight is one of several aging music legends who have recently been the center of concerned conversation after on-stage appearances.

— Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
After admiring Lakers legends, Kessler can now be mentioned in the same breath.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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