Synonyms: school, schoolhouse
Definition: a building where young people receive education
Usage: the school was built in 1932; he walked to school every morning
Similar words: building, edifice
Definition: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
Usage: there was a three-story building on the corner; it was an imposing edifice
Definition: the process of being formally educated at a school
Usage: what will you do when you finish school?
Similar words: education
Definition: the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
Usage: education is a preparation for life; a girl's education was less important than a boy's
Definition: a large group of fish
Usage: a school of small glittering fish swam by
Similar words: animal group
Definition: a group of animals
Synonyms: school
Definition: a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
Usage: the Venetian school of painting
Similar words: body
Definition: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
Usage: the whole body filed out of the auditorium; the student body; administrative body
Synonyms: school
Definition: an educational institution
Usage: the school was founded in 1900
Similar words: educational institution
Definition: an institution dedicated to education
Synonyms: school
Definition: an educational institution's faculty and students
Usage: the school keeps parents informed; the whole school turned out for the game
Similar words: educational institution
Definition: an institution dedicated to education
Synonyms: school, school day, schooltime
Definition: the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
Usage: stay after school; he didn't miss a single day of school; when the school day was done we would walk home together
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period
Synonyms: school
Definition: swim in or form a large group of fish
Usage: A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait
Similar words: swim
Definition: travel through water
Usage: We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore; a big fish was swimming in the tank
Synonyms: school
Definition: educate in or as if in a school
Usage: The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions
Synonyms: civilise, civilize, train, school, educate, cultivate
Definition: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Usage: Cultivate your musical taste; Train your tastebuds; She is well schooled in poetry
Similar words: polish, refine, fine-tune, down
Definition: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Usage: refine one's style of writing