Synonyms for reading
ˈrɛd ɪŋread·ing

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1. reading

   Education (Latin educere, to lead or draw out) is the systematic development and cultivation of the mind and other natural powers. "Education is the harmonious development of all our faculties. It begins in the nursery, and goes on at school, but does not end there. It continues through life, whether we will or not.... 'Every person,' says Gibbon, 'has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one more important, which he gives himself.'" John Lubbock The Use of Life ch. vii, p. 111. [Macmillan & Co. '94.] Instruction, the impartation of knowledge by others (Latin instruere, to build in or into) is but a part of education, often the smallest part. Teaching is the more familiar and less formal word for instruction. Training refers not merely to the impartation of knowledge, but to the exercising of one in actions with the design to form habits. Discipline is systematic and rigorous training, with the idea of subjection to authority and perhaps of punishment. Tuition is the technical term for teaching as the business of an instructor or as in the routine of a school; tuition is narrower than teaching, not, like the latter word, including training. Study is emphatically what one does for himself. We speak of the teaching, training, or discipline, but not of the education or tuition of a dog or a horse. Breeding and nurture include teaching and training, especially as directed by and dependent upon home life and personal association; breeding having reference largely to manners with such qualities as are deemed distinctively characteristic of high birth; nurture (literally nourishing) having more direct reference to moral qualities, not overlooking the physical and mental. Knowledge and learning tell nothing of mental development apart from the capacity to acquire and remember, and nothing whatever of that moral development which is included in education in its fullest and noblest sense; learning, too, may be acquired by one's unaided industry, but any full education must be the result in great part of instruction, training, and personal association. Study is emphatically what one does for himself, and in which instruction and tuition can only point the way, encourage the student to advance, and remove obstacles; vigorous, persevering study is one of the best elements of training. Study is also used in the sense of the thing studied, a subject to be mastered by study, a studious pursuit. Compare KNOWLEDGE; REFINEMENT; WISDOM.

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   Synonyms:
   breeding, cultivation, culture, development, discipline, education, information, instruction, knowledge, learning, nurture, schooling, study, teaching, training, tuition

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 13 votes

1. readingnoun

   the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

   "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"

   Synonyms:
   recital, meter reading, reading material, indication, interpretation, recitation, version

2. readingnoun

   a particular interpretation or performance

   "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"

   Synonyms:
   recital, meter reading, reading material, indication, interpretation, recitation, version

3. reading, meter reading, indicationnoun

   a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

   "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"

   Synonyms:
   recitation, reading material, meter reading, interpretation, recital, indicant, denotation, version, indication

4. reading, reading materialnoun

   written material intended to be read

   "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"

   Synonyms:
   recitation, reading material, meter reading, interpretation, recital, version, indication

5. interpretation, reading, versionnoun

   a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

   Synonyms:
   rendition, reading material, interpretation, recitation, recital, interlingual rendition, adaptation, variation, variant, version, rendering, translation, indication, interpreting, edition, meter reading

6. Readingnoun

   a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

   Synonyms:
   recital, meter reading, reading material, indication, interpretation, recitation, version

7. recitation, recital, readingnoun

   a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

   "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"

   Synonyms:
   narration, yarn, recitation, reading material, meter reading, practice session, drill, version, course session, exercise, recital, practice, class period, indication, interpretation

8. reading, meter readingnoun

   the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments

   "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"

   Synonyms:
   recitation, reading material, meter reading, interpretation, recital, version, indication

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. readingnoun

   Synonyms:
   perusal

2. readingnoun

   Synonyms:
   study of books

3. readingnoun

   Synonyms:
   version, interpretation, lection

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1. readingnoun

   Synonyms:
   perusal, recitation, prelection

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1. List of paraphrases for "reading":

   read, readings, read-, readout, lecture, treatment, interpretation, reader, perusal, time, lu, bed

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1. Eugen Weinberg:

   We think the market is already reading too much into this, the price action is premature.

2. Tom Horne:

   I promised to establish this hotline so that anyone could report the teaching of inappropriate lessons that rob students of precious minutes of instruction time in core academic subjects such as reading, math, science, history and the arts. That promise is being kept.

3. John Gibbs:

   When I got to Stanford, I got to know some conservatives there through the Stanford Review, having actual conservative friends in the flesh — which I didn't have in high school, I just kind of had the reading — made a big difference. Being able to have people I could be friends with who could sharpen me and my conservatism. So yeah, that was it — discovering Thomas Sowell in high school and continuing to build on the ideas at Stanford through the friends that I had.

4. Adolf Hitler:

   Experience coupled with reading is strong medicine for the mind

5. Leonard Mlodinow:

   Nothing projects intelligence quite like confidence. When you believe in yourself, it shows, and research shows that believing in yourself improves your performance on cognitive tasks. Self-doubt, on the other hand, impairs your performance. What’s worse is that other people pick up on this doubt, which makes you appear less intelligent to them. If you want people to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. If you’re really smart, you should n’t have to use big words to broadcast it. True intelligence speaks for itself, so you don’t have to show off your impressive vocabulary. In addition, you always run the chance of being wrong. Using a big word incorrectly makes you look, well, not so smart. So, if you want to appear more intelligent, stop studying the dictionary and just focus on communicating effectively. Related : 8 Great Tricks for Reading People's Body Language Communication expert Leonard Mlodinow makes the case that even if two people say exactly the same thing, the one who says it most expressively will be perceived as being smarter. If two speakers utter exactly the same words, but one speaks a little faster and louder and with fewer pauses and greater variation in volume, that speaker will be judged to be more energetic, knowledgeable, and intelligent.