education - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

Synonyms

• education

More generic

• profession

More specific

• instruction
• pedagogy
• teaching

Noun

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

Synonyms

• didactics
• education
• educational activity
• instruction
• pedagogy
• teaching

More generic

• activity

More specific

• class
• coeducation
• continuing education
• course
• course of instruction
• course of study
• elementary education
• extension
• extension service
• extracurricular activity
• higher education
• secondary education
• team teaching
• university extension
• work-study program

Related

• classroom project
• classwork
• homework
• lesson
• prep
• preparation

Noun

the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

Synonyms

• breeding
• education
• training

More generic

• upbringing

Noun

the gradual process of acquiring knowledge

Synonyms

• education

More generic

• acquisition
• learning

More specific

• acculturation
• assimilation
• mastering
• school
• schooling
• self-cultivation
• self-education
• special education
• vocational education
• vocational training

Noun

knowledge acquired by learning and instruction

Synonyms

• education

More generic

• cognitive content
• content
• mental object

More specific

• encyclopaedism
• encyclopedism
• enlightenment
• eruditeness
• erudition
• experience
• foundation
• grounding
• learnedness
• learning
• physical education
• scholarship

Noun

the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979

Synonyms

• Department of Education
• Education
• Education Department

More generic

• executive department

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