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

Since Australia's law came into force, countries including Canada, Brazil and Indonesia have enacted bans too, while many other countries are studying or developing laws. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

What Sweeney didn’t know was that when Lee Feaster, a football coach himself, was studying game film, Boobie was right there with him. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

The research funded by Wellcome — which has committed £17 million to nine projects studying heat and maternal health worldwide — finds the same pattern emerging from India to the United Kingdom. — Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Speaking to members of the press on a Thursday afternoon Zoom call, Ballew said his team was still studying the potential downstream effects of the latest round of tweaks that have been made in the ratings-gathering space. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026

There’s some evidence from studying Indigenous cultures that human minds intuitively value the relationship between numbers more than the absolute difference between them. — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026

Researchers continue studying why certain Roman concrete structures have endured seawater and weathering so effectively. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

Today Maryam hopes studying German will pave the way for a bachelor’s degree. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2026

Soundcore Headset Deal The Soundcore Q30 uses hybrid ANC technology to filter out up to 95% of ambient sounds, allowing students to fully disappear into a podcast or playlist while studying. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026