Synonyms for school
skulschool

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. school

   To teach is simply to communicate knowledge; to instruct (originally, to build in or into, put in order) is to impart knowledge with special method and completeness; instruct has also an authoritative sense nearly equivalent to command. To educate is to draw out or develop harmoniously the mental powers, and, in the fullest sense, the moral powers as well. To train is to direct to a certain result powers already existing. Train is used in preference to educate when the reference is to the inferior animals or to the physical powers of man; as, to train a horse; to train the hand or eye. To discipline is to bring into habitual and complete subjection to authority; discipline is a severe word, and is often used as a euphemism for punish; to be thoroughly effective in war, soldiers must be disciplined as well as trained. To nurture is to furnish the care and sustenance necessary for physical, mental, and moral growth; nurture is a more tender and homelike word than educate. Compare EDUCATION.

   Synonyms:
   discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, give instruction, give lessons, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, instruct, nurture, teach, train, tutor

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. schoolnoun

   an educational institution

   "the school was founded in 1900"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

2. school, schoolhousenoun

   a building where young people receive education

   "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

3. school, schoolingnoun

   the process of being formally educated at a school

   "what will you do when you finish school?"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

4. schoolnoun

   a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers

   "the Venetian school of painting"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

5. school, schooltime, school daynoun

   the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session

   "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, schooldays, school day, shoal, schooltime

6. schoolnoun

   an educational institution's faculty and students

   "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, school day, shoal, schooltime

7. school, shoalverb

   a large group of fish

   "a school of small glittering fish swam by"

   Synonyms:
   schooling, schoolhouse, shallow, school day, shoal, schooltime

8. schoolverb

   educate in or as if in a school

   "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"

   Synonyms:
   civilize, educate, civilise, cultivate, train

9. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civiliseverb

   teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

   "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

   Synonyms:
   aim, groom, educate, naturalise, cultivate, civilize, develop, discipline, take aim, rail, work, domesticate, check, coach, condition, direct, train, trail, take, naturalize, tame, civilise, crop, prepare

10. schoolverb

    swim in or form a large group of fish

    "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"

    Synonyms:
    civilize, educate, civilise, cultivate, train

Matched Categories

1. • Body
   • Educate
   • Educational Institution
   • Refine
   • Swim

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. schoolnoun

   Synonyms:
   seminary, academy, institute, gymnasium, place of education

2. schoolnoun

   Synonyms:
   sect, class, denomination

3. schoolverb

   Synonyms:
   instruct, teach, educate, train, drill, exercise, indoctrinate

4. schoolverb

   Synonyms:
   tutor, discipline, control, govern, bring under subjection

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1. schoolnoun

   Synonyms:
   institute, academy, seminary, college, gymnasium conservatory, university, denomination, sect, shoal, clinic

2. schoolverb

   Synonyms:
   train, educate, drill, teach

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "school":

   schools, école, scolaire, schooling, academic, 'école, college, education, academy, escola, scolaires, educational, escuela, schule, scholastic, studies, schoolhouse, schoolchildren, faculty, lycée, scuola, csps, escolar, schooi, teaching, school-based, škola, classroom, tuition, cole, secondary, school-going, class, campus

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How to use school in a sentence?

1. Barley Fields Rob Shildrick:

   The lives of the children there are very different, with some walking hours to get to school, it is good our children are learning about the hardship some youngsters face.'' Shree Garma teaches about 500 children from nursery to the age of 16 and work to build a two-storey block, made with earthquake-resistance technology, is currently under way there. Dawa Geljen Sherpa said Dawa Geljen Sherpa had been'' shocked by the kindness of strangers so many miles away''. Dawa Geljen Sherpa said :.

2. Carolyn Benson:

   The experience left her extremely upset and very fearful then of being safe when moving to big school.

3. Jamie McGroarty:

   It was a comfort for everyone being around their peers, the freshman had it the hardest, because they were starting high school for the first time just like her.

4. Elizabeth Drew:

   In practice, we see soccer moms, we see professionals, we see teachers, we see young college students and high school students. Anyone can develop an addiction to an opiate.

5. Lou Grant:

   … There was n’t a thing we did n’t touch, I said at the time, other than, you know, school busing — which was a hot topic — abortion and gun control, they turned out to be things that we could n’t touch.