Synonyms of studying

studying

verb

present participle of study

1

as in researching

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

• researching
• learning
• reading
• analyzing
• memorizing
• going over
• going through
• understanding
• deducing
• boning (up)
• grinding
• knowing
• swotting
• cramming
• finding out
• digesting
• restudying
• comprehending
• conning
• apprehending
• grasping
• absorbing

2

as in learning

to commit to memory

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• learning
• memorizing
• knowing
• remembering
• understanding
• retaining
• recalling
• grasping
• conning
• getting
• thinking (of)
• accepting
• comprehending
• recollecting
• absorbing
• reliving
• digesting
• apprehending
• reminiscing (about)
• minding
• harking back (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unlearning
• forgetting
• ignoring
• neglecting
• disregarding
• overlooking
• passing over
• slighting
• disremembering
• misremembering
• slurring (over)
• overpassing

3

as in contemplating

to give serious and careful thought to

scientists who study the origin of the universe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contemplating
• pondering
• debating
• considering
• entertaining
• questioning
• exploring
• analyzing
• reviewing
• eyeing
• weighing
• meditating
• deliberating
• ruminating
• cogitating
• looking at
• thinking (about or over)
• wrestling (with)
• mulling (over)
• chewing on
• revolving
• turning
• poring (over)
• digesting
• perpending
• chewing over
• kicking around
• reflecting (on or upon)
• reminiscing
• beating one's brains out (about)
• reasoning
• cudgeling one's brains (about)
• believing
• musing (upon)
• concluding
• absorbing
• speculating (about)
• opining
• assimilating
• dwelling (on or upon)
• conceiving
• fixating (on or upon)
• brooding (about or over)
• obsessing (about or over)
• fretting (about or over)
• drinking (in)
• second-guessing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• disregarding
• overlooking
• rejecting
• dismissing
• slighting
• pooh-poohing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of studying

Other teams of astronomers have looked for clues about the movements of giant planets in the orbits of asteroids and other small objects, studying them like footprints to reconstruct how they might have been pushed or pulled into their current orbits by the gravity of giant planets on the move. —Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 29 May 2026

By studying past hurricanes, AI models can identify similarities with current storms and help forecasters detect important changes earlier. —Katie Garch, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026

On Friday, Mason, a Marine; his sister, Hanna Jane Kilduff, 24, studying education; and their father’s longtime girlfriend, Jess Spruell, visited the Boston Fire Rescue 2 station. —Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026

Sanya Wason is a rising senior at the University of Maryland studying journalism and sociology. —Molly Fellin Spence, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2026

Chan, who’d already been studying nitrogenase for more than a decade at the time, gave a talk on the enzyme. —Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026

Ancoli-Israel devoted 45 years to studying circadian rhythms and made groundbreaking discoveries about sleep disorders. —La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026

Yi’s entry point into the STEM world began inward, when studying her own body. —Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026

Ali Costellow is a rising senior studying visual journalism/photography and journalism at Western Kentucky University. —Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026