Learn

//lɜːn//

Synonyms for "learn" (114 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (34)

How these synonyms differ

absorb - 'Absorb' suggests effortless intake, soaking up information naturally, without the formality of structured learning.
grasp - 'Grasp' emphasizes the moment of understanding, when a concept clicks. It's about comprehension, not accumulation.
master - 'Master' implies reaching the highest level of proficiency, learning is the journey, mastering is the destination.
study - 'Study' implies deliberate effort, actively engaging with material. You can learn passively, but studying is always intentional.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

16 relation types

More general

8 entries

acquire act gain hit the books inform move study win

Antonyms

2 entries

forget teach

Synonyms

4 entries

determine memorize study teach

Related terms

2 entries

lear lore

derived

33 entries

belearn forelearn learn Arabic learn Chinese learn from experience learn one's lesson learn one's place learn the hard way learn the ropes learn to walk before one can run learnability learnable learned learner learnfare learnification

Showing 16 of 33 words.

distinct from

1 entries

teach

etymologically related_to

2 entries

lear lore

has a

1 entries

practice

has context

2 entries

non standard speech now only in

has first_subevent

6 entries

go over experience observe realize fact remember think try to memorize

has last_subevent

6 entries

achnoledge apply knowledge you've learned know practice retain information try to remember well

has prerequisite

18 entries

attend class cogitate concentrate get book get informations go to school have open mind know how to read listen pay attention read read book read couple of books study study hard take college course

Showing 16 of 18 words.

has subevent

14 entries

being corrected by teacher expand universe gaining new knowledge get inspired improved performance increase knowledge know new things listen listen and study new method of doing remember information search net study wish hadn't

motivated by_goal

42 entries

acquire knowledge and skill advertisement said so afterwards know much more avoid repeating mistakes become educated become knowledgeable book guaranteed brain stores experiences broaden life can overcome suffering course was recommended curious educated empowering failure painful fun

Showing 16 of 42 words.

related to

99 entries

absorb absorb information absorbing absorbing information accumulate accumulate knowledge acquire acquire knowledge acquired acquired knowledge action activity apprehend apprenticeship attend be educated

Showing 16 of 99 words.

similar

12 entries

ascertain assure check control determine ensure find find out insure see see to it witness

Translations

362 translations across 145 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аҵара verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Adyghe

1 entries

еджэ́н verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Afrikaans

1 entries

leer verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Ahom

1 entries

𑜇𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Albanian

2 entries

mësoj verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
nxë verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Amharic

1 entries

መማር verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

μανθάνω verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Arabic

4 entries

اتعلم verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
اِتَّعَظَ verb (to make use of a bad experience)
اِتَّعَظَ verb (to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve)
اِعْتَبَرَ verb (to make use of a bad experience)

Armenian

4 entries

իմանալ verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
կրթվել verb (to attend educational activity)
ուսանել verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
ուսանել verb (to attend educational activity)

Aromanian

2 entries

anvetsu verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
nvetsu verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Assamese

1 entries

শিকা verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Asturian

1 entries

aprender verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Avar

1 entries

цӏалдезе verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

öyrənmək verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Bangi

1 entries

yekola verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Bashkir

3 entries

уҡыу verb (to attend educational activity)
һабаҡ алыу verb (to make use of a bad experience)
өйрәнеү verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Basque

4 entries

ikasi verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
ikasi verb (to attend educational activity)
ikasi verb (to make use of a bad experience)
ikasi verb (to be studying)

Belarusian

1 entries

вучы́цца verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Bengali

1 entries

শেখা verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Breton

1 entries

deskiñ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изучавам verb (to be studying)
изучавам verb (to be studying)
у́ча се verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
узнавам verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)

Burmese

2 entries

သင် verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
သင်ကြား verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Catalan

4 entries

aprendre verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
aprendre verb (to attend educational activity)
aprendre verb (to make use of a bad experience)
aprendre verb (to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries

ⵍⵎⴷ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

خوێندن verb (to be studying)
سەعی کردن verb (to be studying)
فێر بوون verb (to make use of a bad experience)
فێربوون verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Chechen

1 entries

деша verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏕᏠᏆᎠ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

學 /学 verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
學 /学 verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

學 /学 verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
學 /学 verb (to attend educational activity)
學習 /学习 verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
學習 /学习 verb (to attend educational activity)

Cornish

2 entries

deski verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
dyski verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Czech

4 entries

dovědět se verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
dozvědět se verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
poučit se verb (to make use of a bad experience)
studovat verb (to be studying)

Danish

4 entries

erfare verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
lære verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
lære verb (to attend educational activity)
lære verb (to make use of a bad experience)

Dutch

4 entries

ervaren verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
leren verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
leren verb (to be studying)
op de hoogte gesteld worden verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

學 /学 verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Esperanto

4 entries

ekscii verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
informiĝi verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
instruiĝi verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
instruiĝi verb (to make use of a bad experience)

Estonian

4 entries

arenema verb (to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve)
omandama verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
õppima verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
õppima verb (to attend educational activity)

Faroese

1 entries

læra verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Fijian

2 entries

vuli verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
vuli verb (to make use of a bad experience)

Finnish

4 entries

opetella verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
opetella verb (to be studying)
opiskella verb (to attend educational activity)
opiskella verb (to be studying)

French

4 entries

apprendre verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
apprendre verb (to make use of a bad experience)
apprendre verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
faire des études verb (to attend educational activity)

Galician

1 entries

aprender verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Georgian

2 entries

სწავლა verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
შესწავლა verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

German

4 entries

erfahren verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
lernen verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
lernen verb (to attend educational activity)
studieren verb (to attend educational activity)

Greek

4 entries

μαθαίνω verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
μαθαίνω verb (to attend educational activity)
μαθαίνω verb (to make use of a bad experience)
μαθαίνω verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

aprann verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Hawaiian

1 entries

aʻo verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Hebrew

1 entries

למד verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Higaonon

1 entries

tu-un verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Hindi

1 entries

सीखना verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Hungarian

4 entries

elsajátít verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
megtanul verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
megtud verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
okul verb (to make use of a bad experience)

Icelandic

2 entries

læra verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
nema verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Ido

1 entries

lernar verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Indonesian

3 entries

belajar verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
belajar verb (to attend educational activity)
belajar verb (to be studying)

Interlingua

1 entries

apprender verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Irish

1 entries

foghlaim verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Istro-Romanian

1 entries

ănmeţå verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Italian

4 entries

apprendere verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
apprendere verb (to attend educational activity)
apprendere verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
imparare verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Japanese

4 entries

勉強する verb (to attend educational activity)
勉強する verb (to be studying)
学ぶ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
知る verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)

Javanese

1 entries

sinau verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Kalmyk

1 entries

сурх verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Khmer

1 entries

រៀន verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries

велавны verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Korean

1 entries

배우다 verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

үйрөнүү verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Ladino

1 entries

ambezar verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Lak

1 entries

лахьхьин verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Lao

2 entries

ຮຽນ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
ຮຽນຮູ້ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Latin

4 entries

cognosco verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
disco verb (to attend educational activity)
disco verb (to make use of a bad experience)
disco verb (to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve)

Latvian

1 entries

mācīties verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Lezgi

1 entries

кӏелун verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Ligurian

1 entries

imprende verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Lingala

2 entries

ekola verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
yekola verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Lithuanian

2 entries

išmokti verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
mokytis verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

wuknuś verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Lü

1 entries

ᦵᦣᧃ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Malagasy

1 entries

mianatra verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Malay

1 entries

belajar verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Maltese

1 entries

tgħallem verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡨᠠᠴᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

ufundria verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Marathi

3 entries

कळणे verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
शिकणे verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
शिकणे verb (to make use of a bad experience)

Moksha

1 entries

тонафнемс verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Mongo

1 entries

ekola verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Mongolian

1 entries

сурах verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Mòcheno

1 entries

learnen verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Māori

2 entries

ako verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
ako verb (to be studying)

Navajo

1 entries

íhoołʼaah verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Nepali

1 entries

सिक्नु verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

ufunɗishia verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Norman

1 entries

apprendre verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

elimîn verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
elimîn verb (to make use of a bad experience)
fêr bûn verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
fêr bûn verb (to make use of a bad experience)

Norwegian

1 entries

lære verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Occitan

1 entries

aprendre verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Old English

1 entries

ġeāscian verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)

Old French

1 entries

aprandre verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Old Irish

2 entries

fo·gleinn verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
múinid do verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Old Tupi

1 entries

nhembo'e verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Oromo

1 entries

barachuu verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Ossetian

1 entries

ахуыр кӕнын verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

اوگرنمك verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Persian

2 entries

آموختن verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
یاد گرفتن verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Polish

3 entries

nauczyć się verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
uczyć się verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
uczyć się verb (to be studying)

Portuguese

4 entries

aprender verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
aprender verb (to make use of a bad experience)
aprender verb (to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve)
aprender verb (to be studying)

Quechua

1 entries

yachay verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Romanian

4 entries

afla verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
studiu verb (to be studying)
învăța verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
învăța verb (to make use of a bad experience)

Russian

4 entries

изуча́ть verb (to be studying)
узна́ть verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
учи́ть verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
учи́ться verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Sanskrit

1 entries

शिक्षति verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

faigh a-mach verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
ionnsaich verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
ionnsaich verb (to attend educational activity)
ionnsaich verb (to make use of a bad experience)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

naučiti verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
učiti verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Shan

2 entries

လဵပ်ႈႁဵၼ်း verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
ႁဵၼ်း verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Sherpa

1 entries

སློབ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ඉගෙනගන්නවා verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Slovak

3 entries

dozvedieť sa verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
učiť sa verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
učiť sa verb (to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve)

Slovene

2 entries

naučiti se verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
učiti se verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Somali

1 entries

barasho verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Southern Altai

1 entries

ӱренер verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Southern Ohlone

1 entries

urse verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Spanish

4 entries

aprender verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
aprender verb (to attend educational activity)
aprender verb (to make use of a bad experience)
aprender verb (to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

leri verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Swahili

2 entries

jifunza verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
kupata habari verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)

Swedish

2 entries

få reda på verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
lära sig verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠢꠤꠇꠣ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪵꪮꪚ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Tai Nüa

1 entries

ᥜᥫᥐᥱ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Tajik

2 entries

омӯхтан verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
ёд гирифтан verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Tamil

1 entries

கல் verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Telugu

2 entries

తెలుసుకొను verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
నేర్చుకొను verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Thai

3 entries

ศึกษา verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
เรียน verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
เรียนรู้ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Tibetan

2 entries

སྦྱོང་བ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
སློབ verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ākl verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Tsez

1 entries

тӏетӏра verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Turkish

1 entries

öğrenmek verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Tuvan

1 entries

өөренир verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Ukrainian

4 entries

вивча́ти verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
вивча́ти verb (to attend educational activity)
вчи́ти verb (to attend educational activity)
вчи́тися verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Umbundu

1 entries

okulilongisa verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

wuknyć verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Urdu

1 entries

سیکھنا verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Vietnamese

2 entries

học verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
học tập verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Volapük

1 entries

lärnön verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Walloon

4 entries

aler a scole verb (to attend educational activity)
aprinde verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
aprinde verb (to make use of a bad experience)
aprinde verb (to be studying)

Welsh

1 entries

dysgu verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

West-Frisian

4 entries

leare verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)
leare verb (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
studearre verb (to attend educational activity)
studearre verb (to be studying)

White Hmong

1 entries

kawm verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Yiddish

1 entries

לערנען זיך verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Zhuang

1 entries

hag verb (to acquire knowledge or ability)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I thought you liked to learn new things.

Source: tatoeba (1363)

You'd be surprised what you can learn in a week.

Source: tatoeba (1474)

There will always be things I will never learn, I don't have eternity before me!

Source: tatoeba (1500)

We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.

Source: tatoeba (1509)

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Synonyms for "learn" (114 found)

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Strong matches (34)

Related words (57)

How these synonyms differ

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More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

derived

distinct from

etymologically related_to

has a

has context

has first_subevent

has last_subevent

has prerequisite

has subevent

motivated by_goal

related to

similar

Translations

Abkhaz

Adyghe

Afrikaans

Ahom

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Avar

Azerbaijani

Bangi

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Atlas Tamazight

Central Kurdish

Chechen

Cherokee

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Eastern Min Chinese

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Fijian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Higaonon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Interlingua

Irish

Istro-Romanian