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Nouns (26)

n. the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought"

n. an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"

school

n. a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting"

School

n. [an institution or building where children acquire education]

idea, thought

n. the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

school, shoal

n. a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"

school, schoolhouse

n. a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"

school, schooling

n. the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?"

school, schooltime, school day

n. 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"

opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

Verbs (7)

school

v. swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"

educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise

v. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

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Fuzzynyms (160)

institution, establishment

n. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

institute

n. an association organized to promote art or science or education

abstraction, abstract

n. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

significance, import, implication

n. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

hint, tip

n. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer

n. a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

intuition, hunch, suspicion

n. an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

notion

n. a general inclusive concept

gleam, gleaming, glimmer

n. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

speculation, conjecture

n. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"

gaggle

n. a flock of geese

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

n. profound scholarly knowledge

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

opinion, view

n. a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"

determination

n. deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature; "the determination of grammatical inflections"

belief, dogma, tenet

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

hope

n. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

confidence

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

denomination

n. a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations"

impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion

n. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

concept, conception, construct

n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

attitude, mental attitude

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

prognosis, forecast

n. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

feeling

n. the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness

n. feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"

inclination

n. that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music"

position, stance, posture

n. a rationalized mental attitude

rumination

n. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding

cogitation, study

n. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"

estimate, estimation, approximation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment

n. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

intuition

n. instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

prescience, prevision

n. the power to foresee the future

rumination

n. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding

examen, examination

n. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

calculation, deliberation

n. planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"

attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention

n. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

theorization, theorisation

n. the production or use of theories

conviction, strong belief, article of faith

n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

estimate, estimation, approximation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion

opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

tutor

v. be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She tutored me in Spanish"

acquaint

v. inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"

instruct, apprise, apprize

v. make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

teach, learn, instruct

v. impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"

indoctrinate

v. teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

infuse

v. introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"

propagandize, propagandise

v. subject to propaganda

temper, season, mollify

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

enact, reenact, act out

v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

inaugurate, usher in, introduce

v. be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

prime

v. insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"

prime

v. fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"

better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

v. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

build up, develop

v. change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

enrich

v. make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"

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