Synonyms: education
Definition: the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
Similar words: profession
Definition: an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
Synonyms: teaching, instruction, pedagogy, didactics, education, educational activity
Definition: the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
Usage: he received no formal education; our instruction was carefully programmed; good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: education, training, breeding
Definition: the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
Usage: a woman of breeding and refinement
Similar words: upbringing
Definition: properties acquired during a person's formative years
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: learning, acquisition
Definition: the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
Usage: the child's acquisition of language
Synonyms: education
Definition: knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
Usage: it was clear that he had a very broad education
Similar words: mental object, content, cognitive content
Definition: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Synonyms: Department of Education, Education, Education Department
Definition: the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
Similar words: executive department
Definition: a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States