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

Both wrecks occurred just north of the area Kansas City has spent nearly two years studying for a major redesign. — Mará Rose Williams november 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2026

While studying at Carnegie Mellon University in 2004, Druckmann devised a story about a police officer protecting a girl after each had lost a close family member. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Nov. 2026

That curiosity led me down the path of studying ground reaction forces and understanding how the body interacts with the ground to generate power. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026

Thus, the prospect of mapping 15,000 strong gravitational lenses is monumental, especially in studying the rate at which the universe is expanding and thus the effect of dark energy. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Working in healthcare technology while studying artificial intelligence has strengthened my interest in what these tools can make possible. — Hani Assi, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Baudry, who is fifty-one, began his career far from the moving image, studying math before earning degrees in engineering and literature from France’s arch-prestigious grandes écoles. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2026

And that work isn’t about lifting more weights, improving his technique or studying his opponents more closely. — Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Hawkins went through with law school, even studying abroad for a spell in France. — Dana Oneil, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026