Synonyms for study
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : stuhd-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstʌd i |
Top 10 synonyms for study Other synonyms for the word study
- abstraction
- academic work
- analyzing
- apply oneself
- attention
- bone up
- brainstorm
- brood over
- burn midnight oil
- bury oneself in
- canvass
- case
- check out
- check over
- check up
- coach
- cogitate
- cogitation
- compare
- comparison
- concentration
- contemplation
- crack the books
- cram
- cramming
- deliberate
- deliberation
- dig
- dive into
- do research
- excogitate
- figure
- give the eagle eye
- go into
- go over
- grind
- hit the books
- inquire
- inspect
- inspection
- investigate
- investigation
- keep tabs
- learn
- learn the ropes
- lesson
- look into
- lucubrate
- meditate
- meditation
- memorizing
- mind
- mull over
- muse
- musing
- perpend
- peruse
- plug
- plunge
- polish up
- ponder
- pondering
- pore over
- questioning
- read
- read up
- reading
- reasoning
- reflection
- refresh
- research
- reverie
- review
- rumination
- schoolwork
- scope
- scrutinize
- scrutiny
- sort out
- subject
- survey
- think
- think out
- think over
- thought
- trance
- tutor
- view
- weigh
- weighing
Définition of study
Origin :- early 12c., from Old French estudier "to study" (French étude), from Medieval Latin studiare, from Latin studium "study, application," originally "eagerness," from studere "to be diligent" ("to be pressing forward"), from PIE *(s)teu- "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). The noun meaning "application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge" is recorded from c.1300. Sense of "room furnished with books" is from c.1300. Study hall is attested from 1891, originally a large common room in a college. Studious is attested from late 14c.
- noun learning, analysis
- verb contemplate, learn
- verb examine, analyze
- “It is not well that youth should study over long,” said the old man.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- I like to be stirred by emotion, I suppose, and I like to study character.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- "Nice place to study in, sir," said Thompson, as we walked along.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Do you suppose there's a chance for me to live at Harlowe House and study?
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- But the evils regarding the hours of study and the nature of the studies were as bad.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- But for this change of study he might not have become the greatest of Chancellors of the Exchequer.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- We must study our parents' opinions in the main, but not in points of detail.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Why should I not study lessons in the school-house for my young mistresses?
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- The moment she entered his study behind him he turned and took her in his arms.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- You have never taken to study, else, as you know, I would have sent you to Oxford.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Antonyms for study
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