Synonyms for study
noun
A place in which to study
schoolroom, library, studio; see office 3, room 2.
The act of studying
research, investigation, memorizing, learning, reading, inquiry, examination, consideration, questioning, analyzing, comparison, thought, reflection, reasoning; see also education 1, learn 1.
That which one studies
subject, branch of learning, field of knowledge, art; see knowledge 1.
verb
To endeavor to learn
read, go into, refresh the memory, read up on, burn the midnight oil, bone up, go over, cram, think, go in for, inquire, bury oneself in, dive into, plunge into.
To endeavor to understand
examine, scrutinize, analyze, investigate; see consider 3, examine 1. See syn. study at consider.
See study in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A careful considering of a matter:
advisement, calculation, consideration, deliberation, lucubration. See thoughtsThe act of examining carefully:
check, checkup, examination, inspection, perusal, scrutiny, view. (Informal) going-over. See investigateThe condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings:
absent-mindedness, abstraction, bemusement, brown study, daydreaming, muse2, reverie, trance. See awarenessRepetition of an action so as to develop or maintain one's skill:
drill, exercise, practice, rehearsal, training. See work
verb
To apply one's mind to the acquisition or production of knowledge:
con, lucubrate. See teachTo look at carefully or critically:
check (out), con, examine, go over, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, survey, traverse, view. (Informal) case. Idiom: give a going-over. See investigateTo think or think about carefully and at length:
chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
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