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

His team has recently been studying how hearing factors into this, and preliminary findings indicate that the sounds people make while swimming can make a shark more likely to approach from a distance. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Another successful student is Surovi Khatun, an undergrad student currently studying at Nawab Siraj-Ud-Dowla Government College of Natore, a neighboring district of Pabna. — Ali Asif Shawon, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026

By studying who farts more, who farts less and how flatulence changes with diet, researchers aim to understand how microbes respond to different foods and why some people can tolerate high-fiber diets comfortably while others struggle with gas. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

There’s no such thing as a placebo for meditation, which complicates studying its effects. — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

The defense’s most helpful witness on this front was the forensic psychiatrist Phillip Resnick, who has spent more than half a century studying maternal infanticide. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Greyson said nearly five decades of studying near-death experiences has convinced him there is probably something after death. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

After studying hospitality in Switzerland and working in New York with chef Daniel Boulud, Kfoury returned to Lebanon, only to live through another war in 2006. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

After studying Fine Art, Alon became a certified wildlife guide, going on to work in some of Africa’s most remote wilderness areas, including the Congo Basin, Odzala-Kokoua National Park and the Central African Republic. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026