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educating
Overview of verb educate
The verb educate has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (7) educate -- (give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better")
2. (3) train, develop, prepare, educate -- (create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future")
3. (1) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise -- (train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry")
Antonyms of verb educate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> teach, learn, instruct
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
=> socialize, socialise
=> prepare, groom, train
=> co-educate, coeducate
=> school
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> retrain
=> drill
=> housebreak, house-train
=> toilet-train
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
=> sophisticate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> teach, learn, instruct
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
'Cause To' of verb educate
Derived Forms of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
RELATED TO>(adj) educative#1
=> educative
RELATED TO>(noun) educatee#1
=> student, pupil, educatee
RELATED TO>(noun) Education#6
=> Department of Education, Education Department, Education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#4
=> education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#1
=> education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
RELATED TO>(noun) educator#1
=> educator, pedagogue, pedagog
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
RELATED TO>(adj) educative#1
=> educative
RELATED TO>(noun) education#3
=> education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#2
=> education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#4
=> education
RELATED TO>(noun) education#1
=> education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
RELATED TO>(noun) education#5
=> education, training, breeding
Domain of verb educate
Domain Terms of verb educate
Familiarity of verb educate
educate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb educate
3 senses of educate
Sense 1
educate
> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
=> help, aid
=> regenerate, revitalize
=> enrich
=> build up, develop
=> turn around
=> help
=> upgrade
=> condition
=> emend
=> iron out, straighten out, put right
=> enhance
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
=> reform
=> reform
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> build
=> perfect, hone
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
=> fructify
=> raise, lift
=> advance
=> upgrade
=> educate
Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
> teach, learn, instruct
=> train, develop, prepare, educate
=> indoctrinate
=> drill
=> catechize, catechise
=> reinforce, reward
=> spoonfeed
=> induct
=> mentor
=> tutor
=> unteach
=> unteach
=> ground
=> lecture, talk
=> coach, train
=> enlighten, edify
=> condition
Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> overrefine, over-refine
=> educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb educate
Sense 1
educate
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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Sense 2
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> teach, learn, instruct
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Sense 3
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
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Grep of verb educate
co-educate
coeducate
educate
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