Study definition

Study as a noun

1. a detailed critical inspection

   Same sense: survey

2. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

   "no schools offer graduate study in interior design"

   Same sense: work

3. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

   "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

   Same sense: report, written report

4. a state of deep mental absorption

   "she is in a deep study"

5. a room used for reading and writing and studying

   "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"

6. a branch of knowledge

   "anthropology is the study of human beings"

   Same sense: field, subject, field of study, subject area, subject field, discipline, bailiwick

7. preliminary drawing for later elaboration

   Same sense: sketch

8. attentive consideration and meditation

   Same sense: cogitation

9. someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)

   "he is a quick study"

10. a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique

    "a study in spiccato bowing"

Study as a verb

11. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

    Same sense: examine, analyze, analyse, canvass

12. be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning

13. give careful consideration to

    Same sense: consider

14. be a student of a certain subject

    Same sense: take, read, learn

15. learn by reading books

    "He is studying geology in his room"

    Same sense: hit the books

16. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

    "He is meditating in his study"

    Same sense: contemplate, meditate

Synonyms and antonyms

• survey
• work definition
• report definition
• written report
• field definition
• subject
• field of study
• subject area
• subject field
• discipline
• bailiwick
• sketch
• cogitation
• examine
• analyze
• analyse
• canvass
• consider
• take definition
• read definition
• learn definition
• hit the books
• contemplate
• meditate

All synonyms of study, sense by sense

How to say study

Study has 2 syllables and rhymes with buddy. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with study

• buddy
• bloody
• muddy
• ruddy
• understudy
• cuddy
• duddy
• cruddy

STUDY in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

9

Anagrams

1

Is STUDY a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check STUDY in the word checker, or unscramble STUDY to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.