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

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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

While 10,000 steps has long been promoted as a daily goal, studies have shown that many health benefits—especially for older adults—can occur at lower step counts. —Md Published, Verywell Health, 11 Apr. 2026

What Indonesia needs right now is not more studies confirming our potential. —Pandu Sjahrir, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026

Rabschutz says other studies bolster the idea pet therapy works, including lowering one’s heart rate. —Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026

Brandy Monk-Payton, a professor of communication and media studies at Fordham University and contributor to the book Watching While Black Rebooted, notes that Hollywood seemingly needs to be continually reminded of the buying power of underrepresented groups. —Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026

Further, across studies, time spent on social media does not predict youth mental health. —William Proctor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026

Increasingly, teens and adults are turning to artificial intelligence chatbots for companionship and emotional support, recent studies and surveys show. —Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026

Undergraduates hoping to get a women’s and gender studies degree in Georgia may now have to look at private colleges. —Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 4 Apr. 2026

Subsequent studies have confirmed this. —Helen Dennis, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026

Verb

The science of reading refers to an interdisciplinary body of research that studies how kids best learn how to read and write. —Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026

Nuyujukian directs a lab at Stanford University that studies how the brain controls movement, including after neurological events like stroke. —Berly McCoy, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026

Maine recently became the first state to pass a temporary moratorium on new data centers, as the state studies the impacts of electricity and water use, reported Reuters. —Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026

Undine studies the society pages obsessively, reading about other people’s weddings, travels, and scandals the way a strategist studies a playbook. —Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026

Robert Brulle, a visiting professor at Brown University who studies fossil fuel lobbying, said ExxonMobil led efforts to discredit climate science that successfully impeded government intervention. —Alex Kuffner, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026

Billy Riggs, a professor at the University of San Francisco who studies transportation innovation, says these programs tend to target people who are already biking. —Itay Hod, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026

In France, there is a large audience interested in bullfighting, who studies and follows it. —Ed Meza, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026

The human and microbial findings are likely trustworthy, says Christina Warinner, an anthropologist at Harvard University, who studies ancient microbiomes. —Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026