Synonyms for course
Another word for course is class, course of study or course of instruction. Below are 16 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses.
Also searched as: coursed, courser, courses, coursing.
1. noun: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- class synonyms
- course of study synonyms
- course of instruction
2. noun: a connected series of events or actions or developments
3. noun: general line of orientation
- trend synonyms
4. noun: a mode of action
- course of action
5. noun: a line or route along which something travels or moves
- track synonyms
- path synonyms
6. noun: a body of students who are taught together
- class synonyms
- form synonyms
- grade synonyms
7. noun: part of a meal served at one time
8. noun: (construction) a layer of masonry
- row synonyms
9. noun: facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
10. adverb: as might be expected
- of course
- naturally synonyms
11. verb: move swiftly through or over
12. verb: move along, of liquids
- run synonyms
- flow synonyms
- feed synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- education synonyms
- home study
- art class
- shop synonyms
- required course
- shop class
- teaching synonyms
- adult education
- directed study
- extension course
- educational activity
- industrial arts
- workshop
- instruction synonyms
- orientation synonyms
- series
- current synonyms
- stream synonyms
- direction synonyms
- way of life
- action synonyms
- collision course
- blind alley
- round synonyms
- inside track
- steps
- trail synonyms
- belt synonyms
- swath
- section synonyms
Course in word games
- Letters
- 6
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- How common
- Everyday word
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Questions people ask
What is another word for course?
You can say class, course of study, course of instruction, line or trend instead of course. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings".
What is the opposite of course?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for course; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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