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

Barnard said studies have shown that Pacific storms generate about 30% more wave energy during an El Niño year compared to a year without the climate cycle. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Kahn then earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Chicago in 1951, completing his studies in under a year. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Aug. 2026

Past studies have shown that visceral fat can be a bigger problem than subcutaneous fat, for instance. — Mike McRae 24, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2026

Eight Sleep also collects and has a massive cache of user data that, when aggregated and de-identified, can be used to identify broader trends and support research, reports, and studies on sleep and health. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

More studies are showing the wide-ranging negative health impacts of inhaling wildfire smoke, which is especially toxic when blazes tear through urban areas and burn up household appliances, batteries and chemicals. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

For instance, studies have found a single load of laundry can wash 700,000 tendrils of microplastics known as microfibers into sewers. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Her son was still completing his religious studies at university. — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026

The cause and manner of death remain unknown pending further investigation and the completion of additional studies. — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Verb

Thomas Babor, a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine who studies alcohol addiction, told Time that lighter, more health-conscious drinkers appear to be the ones scaling back. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Thomas Babor, a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine who studies alcohol and alcohol addiction, told Time Magazine that lighter drinkers appear to be leading the pullback. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026

Dorn’s laboratory, which studies Everglades restoration and focuses on Asian swamp eels, confirmed their discovery at the Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in 2025, noting that the species might have reached the area the year before. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026

By comparison, the US – with only a quarter of China’s population – has a larger pool of around 4 million, roughly estimated by Peter Jaworski, a professor at Georgetown University who studies the ethics and economics of the plasma business. — Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

There is a physiological basis to this approach, says Christopher Minson, a professor of human physiology at the University of Oregon who studies exercise and thermoregulation. — Nadia Neophytou, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Heck, for instance, studies how discrepancy theory can be applied to improve large language models and other machine learning systems. — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Douglas Casa, a kinesiology professor who leads the Korey Stringer Institute, which studies sudden deaths in sports, said the Twin Cities Marathon’s change was prudent, especially considering the way in which many runners approach races. — Scott McFetridge, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

The city studies the problem and eventually installs a few more ladders and a few more life rings — genuinely useful, and genuinely insufficient. — Joseph V. Sakran, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2026