Education definition

Education as a noun

1. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

   "he received no formal education"

   Same sense: teaching, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, didactics

2. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction

   "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

3. the gradual process of acquiring knowledge

   "education is a preparation for life"

4. the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

5. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

   Same sense: training, breeding

Synonyms and antonyms

• teaching
• educational activity
• instruction
• pedagogy
• didactics
• training
• breeding

All synonyms of education, sense by sense

How to say education

Education has 4 syllables and rhymes with information. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with education

• information
• situation
• population
• station
• association
• administration
• operation
• organization
• nation
• application
• location
• generation

EDUCATION in word games

Scrabble

12

Words With Friends

15

Anagrams

2

Is EDUCATION a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check EDUCATION in the word checker, or unscramble EDUCATION to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.