STUDIED Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈstə-dēd

Definition of studied

as in considered

decided on as a result of careful thought a studied move by the company that was designed to put the competition out of business

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verb

past tense of study

as in researched

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 learned

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

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as in pondered

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

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Recent Examples of studied

Adjective

And for less studied organisms, such as sea sponges, that timeline can be even longer. — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 May 2026 Apa worked extensively with a dialect coach and closely studied clips of Stewart’s movies. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 20 May 2026

Verb

Initially, Derbez had no intention of becoming a musician, and instead studied filmmaking in college. — Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Jonathan Howland, an emeritus professor of emergency medicine at Boston University, who has studied hangovers and people who are mysteriously resistant to them, thinks that one possible source of the condition is methanol. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for studied

Recent Examples of Synonyms for studied

Adjective

Others have a tight, considered design, especially the islands meant to highlight a specific weapon or gadget.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026
Six others are still at large and considered fugitives, including a Caracas TV network mogul who was close to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his successor, Nicolás Maduro, who is being held in a New York jail on federal drug charges.

— Jay Weaver July 21, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of considered

Verb

Instead of presenting another dense collection of figures, the platform provides a direct conclusion for every stock researched.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
Beijing’s playbook The commercial logic is only part of the picture, according to Usha Haley, a professor at Wichita State University who has researched Chinese state support for domestic companies and testified before Congress.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of researched

Verb

But the group had learned of the Phantom Orchestra, a group in Tbilisi, the capital of what is now Georgia, composed of musicians, poets and activists who had been barred from leaving the Soviet Union.

— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Oliver has been grieving throughout training camp and many of his teammates only learned of the tragic accident on Friday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of learned

Verb

In a July 2025 text chain, an agent pondered whether facial recognition tools could be used to identify people on TikTok who admitted to being in the country illegally.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
In a July interview with Rolling Stone, Foreman pondered why his story went viral.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026

Definition of pondered

Adjective

Interestingly, none of our 25 calculated ‘breaches’ outside of the pandemic years saw a club exceed the 115 per cent threshold, which would now incur a sporting sanction.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
For decades, departments like finance, operations and product have operated under this standard of calculated risk.

— Tobin Thomas, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of calculated

Verb

Mosquito traps have now been installed at the airport, Fraport said, adding that the mosquitos captured will be genetically analyzed by the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, to determine their species and origin.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
However, The Next Web analyzed the upcoming phase of tariffs and noted that the Commerce Department submitted a report on July 1 that would determine if the data center exemption would survive.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of analyzed

Verb

Others are employing the old-fashioned strategy deployed by their parents, strutting up to storefronts with resume in hand and elevator pitch memorized.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
For all the public, open source repos where most of the benchmarks are run, every single model has basically memorized the repo.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026

Definition of memorized

Verb

The siblings may argue that the current transaction implements the type of sale that Jeanie and the trustees contemplated in the tag-along provision.

— Mirin Fader, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The average increase in each toll being contemplated is 45 cents, which on some legs of Illinois’ network of toll roads will literally double the cost.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026