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train

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of train

1 a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person
  • a movie star who never goes anywhere without a train of personal assistants to cater to his every whim and need
Synonyms of train

cortege (also cortège), entourage, following, posse, retinue, suite, tail
Words Related to train

crew, personnel, staff

court

assistant, attendant, helper, retainer
2 a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management
  • a train of supply trucks making its way to the army encampment
Synonyms of train

armada, caravan, cavalcade, fleet, line, motorcade
Words Related to train

argosy, convoy, flotilla, navy

column, cortege (also cortège), parade, procession
3 a series of persons or things arranged one behind another
  • already a long train of ticket buyers waiting outside the stadium
Synonyms of train

column, cue, file, line, queue, range, string
Words Related to train

echelon, rank, row, tier

chain, progression, sequence, succession

array
4 a series of things linked together
  • you've broken my train of thought—now what were we talking about?
Synonyms of train

catena, catenation, chain, concatenation, consecution, nexus, progression, sequence, string
Words Related to train

chain reaction

belt, circle, cycle, vicious circle (also vicious cycle)

continuum, gamut, gauntlet (also gantlet), scale, spectrum

flow, river, stream

file, line, queue, range, row, succession

train

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of train

1 to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness
  • has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years
Synonyms of train

condition, season
Words Related to train

fit, habilitate, prepare, ready

acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, break in, orient, orientate, shape

accustom, familiarize, habituate, naturalize

fortify, harden, inure, season, shape up, steel, strengthen, toughen
Antonyms of train

decondition
2 to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
  • will train the students in good study habits
Synonyms of train

educate, indoctrinate, instruct, lesson, school, teach, tutor
Words Related to train

coach, mentor

drill, fit, ground, habilitate, prepare, prime, qualify

direct, guide, lead, rear

catechize, lecture, moralize, preach

implant, inculcate, instill (also instil)

homeschool

edify, enlighten

brief, familiarize, impart (to), inform, verse

initiate, introduce, show

reeducate, reschool, reteach, retrain
3 to fix (as oneʼs attention) steadily toward a central objective
  • train all your thoughts on imagining how youʼd score the winning goal in the game
Synonyms of train

center, concentrate, fasten, focus, rivet
Words Related to train

aim, direct, home (in on), hone in (on), level, nail, point, set, zero (in on)

attend, heed, mind

fixate (on), obsess (over)

refocus
4 to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal
  • trained his eyes on the distant bullʼs-eye
Synonyms of train

aim, bend, cast, direct, head, hold, level, pinpoint, set
Words Related to train

sight

bear, face

concentrate, focus

incline, orient, steer
Near Antonyms of train

avert, curve, deflect, detour, divert, rechannel, shunt, sidetrack
5 to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function
  • he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits
Synonyms of train

equip, fit, prepare, qualify, ready, season
Words Related to train

accustom, adapt, adjust, condition, groom, habituate, shape, tailor

authorize, entitle

empower, enable

educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, teach, tutor

Synonym Discussion of train

teach, instruct, educate, train, discipline, school mean to cause to acquire knowledge or skill. teach applies to any manner of imparting information or skill so that others may learn.
    • taught us a lot about our planet
instruct suggests methodical or formal teaching.
    • instructs raw recruits in military drill
educate implies development of the mind.
    • more things than formal schooling serve to educate a person
train stresses instruction and drill with a specific end in view.
    • trained foreign pilots to operate the new aircraft
discipline implies training in habits of order and precision.
    • a disciplined mind
school implies training or disciplining especially in what is hard to master.
    • schooled the horse in five gaits

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