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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of study

1 a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
  • conducted a study to determine the sleep needs of adolescents
Synonyms of study

delving, disquisition, examen, examination, exploration, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, probation, probe, probing, research
Words Related to study

quest

audit, check

checkup, diagnosis, inspection

hearing, interrogation, trial

feeler, query, question

poll, questionary, questionnaire, survey

challenge, cross-examination, going-over, grilling, quiz

rehearing, reinvestigation

self-examination, self-exploration, self-questioning, self-reflection, self-scrutiny, soul-searching
2 the state of being lost in thought
  • found her staring at the fire in a deep study
Synonyms of study

daydreaming, reverie (also revery), trance, woolgathering
Words Related to study

contemplation, meditation, musing

absentmindedness, absorption, abstraction, preoccupation

chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), figment, hallucination, illusion, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision
3 a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something
  • the idea is under study by the city council
Synonyms of study

account, advisement, consideration, debate, deliberation, reflection, thought
Words Related to study

cogitation, contemplation, meditation, pondering, rumination

introspection

agonizing, hesitation, indecision

premeditation
Antonyms of study

short shrift

study

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of study

1 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 of study

bone (up)
Words Related to study

cram

grind, swot [British]

analyze, deduce, find out

con, learn, memorize, read

research, restudy

apprehend, comprehend, grasp, know, understand

absorb, digest
Phrases Synonymous with study

go over, go through
2 to commit to memory
  • having carefully studied the document, he could repeat what it said exactly
Synonyms of study

con, learn, memorize
Words Related to study

hark back (to), mind [chiefly dialect], recall, recollect, relive, remember, reminisce (about), retain, think (of)

accept, apprehend, comprehend, get, grasp, know, understand

absorb, digest
Near Antonyms of study

disremember, forget, misremember

disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, slur (over)
Antonyms of study

unlearn
3 to give serious and careful thought to
  • scientists who study the origin of the universe
Synonyms of study

chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)
Words Related to study

muse (upon), reflect (on or upon), reminisce

analyze, explore, review

conclude, reason

second-guess, speculate (about)

brood (about or over), dwell (on or upon), fixate (on or upon), fret (about or over), obsess (about or over)

believe, conceive, opine

absorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in)
Phrases Synonymous with study

beat one's brains out (about), chew on, cudgel oneʼs brains (about), look at
Near Antonyms of study

disregard, ignore, overlook, slight

dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject

Synonym Discussion of study

consider, study, contemplate, weigh mean to think about in order to arrive at a judgment or decision. consider may suggest giving thought to in order to reach a suitable conclusion, opinion, or decision.
    • refused even to consider my proposal
study implies sustained purposeful concentration and attention to details and minutiae.
    • study the plan closely
contemplate stresses focusing one's thoughts on something but does not imply coming to a conclusion or decision.
    • contemplate the consequences of refusing
weigh implies attempting to reach the truth or arrive at a decision by balancing conflicting claims or evidence.
    • weigh the pros and cons of the case

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