Synonyms of studies

studies 1 of 2

noun

plural of study

1

as in investigations

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something

conducted a study to determine the sleep needs of adolescents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• investigations
• examinations
• inquiries
• explorations
• researches
• probes
• probings
• inspections
• surveys
• disquisitions
• inquisitions
• inquests
• probations
• questionnaires
• examens
• audits
• diagnoses
• hearings
• quests
• interrogations
• trials
• questions
• checkups
• polls
• challenges
• queries
• reinvestigations
• questionaries
• checks
• rehearings
• quizzes
• cross-examinations
• feelers
• soul-searchings
• self-reflections
• goings-over
• self-examinations
• self-questionings
• self-explorations
• self-scrutinies

2

as in trances

the state of being lost in thought

found her staring at the fire in a deep study

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trances
• reveries
• daydreams
• contemplations
• meditations
• dreams
• visions
• woolgatherings
• musings
• absorptions
• preoccupations
• abstractions
• fantasies
• chimeras
• pipe dreams
• illusions
• unrealities
• hallucinations
• delusions
• conceits
• figments
• phantasms
• fancies

3

as in considerations

a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something

the idea is under study by the city council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• considerations
• deliberations
• debates
• accounts
• thoughts
• reflections
• advisements
• contemplations
• meditations
• ruminations
• cogitations
• introspections
• hesitations
• indecisions
• premeditations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• short shrifts

studies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of study

1

as in researches

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• researches
• bones (up)
• goes over
• reads
• analyzes
• learns
• goes through
• memorizes
• finds out
• swots
• deduces
• knows
• understands
• grinds
• cons
• restudies
• digests
• crams
• comprehends
• apprehends
• grasps
• absorbs

2

as in learns

to commit to memory

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• learns
• memorizes
• knows
• recalls
• remembers
• cons
• understands
• thinks (of)
• retains
• grasps
• minds
• accepts
• gets
• harks back (to)
• recollects
• comprehends
• digests
• relives
• reminisces (about)
• absorbs
• apprehends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forgets
• unlearns
• ignores
• passes over
• neglects
• disregards
• disremembers
• overlooks
• misremembers
• slights
• slurs (over)
• overpasses

3

as in debates

to give serious and careful thought to

scientists who study the origin of the universe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• debates
• contemplates
• questions
• ponders
• considers
• eyes
• entertains
• reviews
• analyzes
• explores
• weighs
• wrestles (with)
• thinks (about or over)
• looks at
• mulls (over)
• ruminates
• deliberates
• meditates
• chews on
• pores (over)
• cogitates
• revolves
• perpends
• chews over
• reasons
• reflects (on or upon)
• kicks around
• turns
• cudgels one's brains (about)
• digests
• beats one's brains out (about)
• muses (upon)
• reminisces
• concludes
• believes
• dwells (on or upon)
• speculates (about)
• fixates (on or upon)
• obsesses (about or over)
• broods (about or over)
• frets (about or over)
• opines
• drinks (in)
• second-guesses
• conceives
• assimilates
• absorbs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• disregards
• overlooks
• rejects
• dismisses
• slights
• pooh-poohs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of studies

Noun

Peggy Cawthon, a doctor who studies falls among older adults at California Pacific Medical Center, said younger seniors — those between 65 and 75 — are more likely to fall while exercising or doing strenuous household chores. — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Developers are also required to pay to connect their projects to the city’s water and sewer system, and conduct studies to make sure the development won’t negatively affect the city’s waste water system, according to the webpage. — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

Some recent studies have shed light on the effect of cannabis consumption. — Zoe Cummings, Washington Post, 13 July 2026

Due to the ongoing death investigation, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner cannot disclose what testing and/or studies were requested. — Jake Rosenwasser, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Hurst hopes more context can be gleaned by further studies of the many other plaster scraps—which bear different handwriting from at least one other scribe—and by excavating more of the lost city. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

The claims are based on animal or laboratory research, or very small, short-term human studies. — Jenna Anderson, Health, 13 July 2026

The American Kennel Club cites studies showing that dog ownership can reduce loneliness, lower stress and improve cardiovascular health. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

Of course, such interception studies would work only with those already enrolled in PRECEDE. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026

Verb

Stanford professor Jamie Zeitzer, a physiologist who studies circadian cycles and how humans respond to light, supports ending the twice-a-year time changes. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

These findings could be useful for understanding how modern sleep patterns affect our health, says Sonja Schütz, a neurologist who studies sleep medicine at University of Michigan Health. — Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 July 2026

According to a recent data analysis by Jean Twenge, a psychology professor who studies generational change, by eighth grade, the average kid spends four and a half hours a day on social media. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Zhao, also a UBC psychology professor, studies the drivers behind behavior change. — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Jamie Zeitzer, a professor of sleep medicine at Stanford University who studies circadian rhythms, said that sleep timing and regularity are in many ways as important for your health and well-being as the duration of your sleep. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

The weight of European security has been a decades-long debate, according to Ian Lesser, who studies the alliance for the German Marshall Fund in Brussels. — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 7 July 2026

For over 20 years, this question has ranked among the biggest open problems in the field of quantum complexity theory, which studies the intrinsic hardness of quantum problems. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 6 July 2026

Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, a professor of psychiatry at Washington University, studies how online platforms affect self-harm and suicide risk. — Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2026