If you teach me how to dance, I will show you my hidden scars.
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Teach
//tiːt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "teach" (59 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (29)
How these synonyms differ
- educate - 'Educate' implies broader, systematic development, teaching a skill is narrower, while educating shapes a person's entire understanding.
- instruct - 'Instruct' is more formal and directive, an instructor delivers specific procedures, while a teacher may also mentor, inspire, and adapt.
- mentor - 'Mentor' adds a personal, long-term relationship, a mentor guides through experience and wisdom, not just lesson plans.
- train - 'Train' focuses on building specific skills through practice and repetition. You train an athlete or an employee; you teach a student.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
29 entriesco-teachdon't teach your grandmother how to milk ducksdon't teach your grandmother to steal sheepdon't try to teach grandma how to suck eggsforteachgive a man a fish and you feed him for a dayhome teachpre-teachreteachteach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeteach awayteach grandma how to suck eggsteach outteach schoolteach someone a lessonteach someone who's the boss
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5 entriesTranslations
304 translations across 152 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- арҵара verb (to pass on knowledge)
Afrikaans
2 entries- leer verb (to pass on knowledge)
- onderrig verb (to pass on knowledge)
Alabama
1 entries- aabachi verb (to pass on knowledge)
Albanian
1 entries- mësoj verb (to pass on knowledge)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- διδάσκω verb (to pass on knowledge)
- μαθητεύω verb (to pass on knowledge)
Arabic
4 entries- درس verb (to pass on knowledge)
- علّم verb (to pass on knowledge)
- علّم verb (to pass on knowledge)
- عَلَّمَ verb (to pass on knowledge)
Armenian
4 entries- դաս տալ verb (to pass on knowledge)
- դասավանդել verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- ուսուցանել verb (to pass on knowledge)
- սովորեցնել verb (to pass on knowledge)
Aromanian
2 entries- anvetsu verb (to pass on knowledge)
- nvetsu verb (to pass on knowledge)
Assamese
2 entries- পঢ়োৱা verb (to pass on knowledge)
- শিকোৱা verb (to pass on knowledge)
Asturian
1 entries- enseñar verb (to pass on knowledge)
Avar
1 entries- малъизе verb (to pass on knowledge)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dərs demək verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- öyrətmək verb (to pass on knowledge)
Bangi
1 entries- lakisa verb (to pass on knowledge)
Basque
1 entries- irakatsi verb (to pass on knowledge)
Belarusian
3 entries- вучы́ць verb (to pass on knowledge)
- выклада́ць verb (to pass on knowledge)
- выклада́ць verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Bengali
1 entries- শেখান verb (to pass on knowledge)
Bikol Central
3 entries- tukdo verb (to pass on knowledge)
- tukdo verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- tukdo verb (to cause to learn or understand)
Bulgarian
4 entries- обучавам verb (to pass on knowledge)
- обучавам verb (to cause to learn or understand)
- преподавам verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- у́ча verb (to pass on knowledge)
Burmese
2 entries- ပညာပေး verb (to pass on knowledge)
- သင် verb (to pass on knowledge)
Buryat
1 entries- һургаха verb (to pass on knowledge)
Catalan
1 entries- ensenyar verb (to pass on knowledge)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- وتنەوە verb (to pass on knowledge)
Chechen
1 entries- хьеха verb (to pass on knowledge)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏕᎨᏲᎲᏍᎦ verb (to pass on knowledge)
Chichewa
1 entries- phunzitsa verb (to pass on knowledge)
Chinese
2 entries- җё verb (to pass on knowledge)
- 教 verb (to pass on knowledge)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 教 verb (to pass on knowledge)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 教 verb (to pass on knowledge)
- 教學 /教学 verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- 教授 verb (to pass on knowledge)
- 教训 verb (obsolete: to show the way)
Church Slavic
1 entries- оучити verb (to pass on knowledge)
Cornish
2 entries- deski verb (to pass on knowledge)
- dyski verb (to pass on knowledge)
Czech
1 entries- učit verb (to pass on knowledge)
Danish
2 entries- lære verb (to pass on knowledge)
- undervise verb (to pass on knowledge)
Dutch
4 entries- aanleren verb (to pass on knowledge)
- leren verb (to pass on knowledge)
- lesgeven verb (to pass on knowledge)
- lesgeven verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 教 verb (to pass on knowledge)
Elfdalian
1 entries- lära verb (to pass on knowledge)
Esperanto
2 entries- instrui verb (to pass on knowledge)
- lernigi verb (to pass on knowledge)
Estonian
1 entries- õpetama verb (to pass on knowledge)
Evenki
1 entries- алагу verb (to pass on knowledge)
Faroese
2 entries- læra verb (to pass on knowledge)
- undirvísa verb (to pass on knowledge)
Finnish
3 entries- opettaa verb (to pass on knowledge)
- opettaa verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- opettaa verb (obsolete: to show the way)
French
4 entries- apprendre verb (to pass on knowledge)
- enseigner verb (to pass on knowledge)
- enseigner verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- enseigner verb (to cause to learn or understand)
Friulian
3 entries- inscuelâ verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- insegnâ verb (to pass on knowledge)
- insegnâ verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Galician
3 entries- aprender verb (to pass on knowledge)
- deprender verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ensinar verb (to pass on knowledge)
Georgian
2 entries- სწავლა verb (to pass on knowledge)
- სწავლება verb (to pass on knowledge)
German
4 entries- beibringen verb (to pass on knowledge)
- lehren verb (to pass on knowledge)
- lehren verb (to cause to learn or understand)
- unterrichten verb (to pass on knowledge)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to pass on knowledge)
- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to pass on knowledge)
- 𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to pass on knowledge)
Greek
1 entries- διδάσκω verb (to pass on knowledge)
Greenlandic
1 entries- ilinniartitsivoq verb (to pass on knowledge)
Gujarati
2 entries- ભણાવવું verb (to pass on knowledge)
- શીખવવું verb (to pass on knowledge)
Hawaiian
1 entries- aʻo verb (to pass on knowledge)
Hebrew
1 entries- לימד \ לִמֵּד verb (to pass on knowledge)
Hindi
4 entries- पढ़ाना verb (to pass on knowledge)
- पढ़ाना verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- शिक्षा देना verb (to pass on knowledge)
- सिखाना verb (to pass on knowledge)
Hinukh
1 entries- молъа verb (to pass on knowledge)
Hittite
1 entries- 𒀭𒈾𒉡𒍣 verb (to pass on knowledge)
Hungarian
4 entries- megtanít verb (to pass on knowledge)
- oktat verb (to pass on knowledge)
- tanít verb (to pass on knowledge)
- tanít verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Icelandic
1 entries- kenna verb (to pass on knowledge)
Ido
3 entries- docar verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- instruktar verb (to pass on knowledge)
- savigar verb (to cause to learn or understand)
Indonesian
3 entries- ajar verb (to pass on knowledge)
- mengajar verb (to pass on knowledge)
- mengajari verb (to pass on knowledge)
Interlingua
1 entries- inseniar verb (to pass on knowledge)
Irish
2 entries- múin verb (to pass on knowledge)
- teagasc verb (to pass on knowledge)
Istriot
1 entries- insignà verb (to pass on knowledge)
Italian
1 entries- insegnare verb (to pass on knowledge)
Japanese
1 entries- 教える verb (to pass on knowledge)
Javanese
1 entries- mulang muruk verb (to pass on knowledge)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- iduka verb (to pass on knowledge)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕಲಿಸು verb (to pass on knowledge)
Kazakh
2 entries- оқыту verb (to pass on knowledge)
- сабақ беру verb (to pass on knowledge)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- āchìm verb (to pass on knowledge)
- āchìm verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Khmer
1 entries- បង្រៀន verb (to pass on knowledge)
Korean
1 entries- 가르치다 verb (to pass on knowledge)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- окут verb (to pass on knowledge)
- сабак берүү verb (to pass on knowledge)
- үйрөтүү verb (to pass on knowledge)
Lao
1 entries- ສອນ verb (to pass on knowledge)
Latin
4 entries- addoceo verb (to pass on knowledge)
- addoceo verb (obsolete: to show the way)
- doceo verb (obsolete: to show the way)
- doceō verb (to pass on knowledge)
Latvian
1 entries- mācīt verb (to pass on knowledge)
Lingala
2 entries- laka verb (to pass on knowledge)
- lakisa verb (to pass on knowledge)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mokyti verb (to pass on knowledge)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- wucyś verb (to pass on knowledge)
- wucyś verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Lushootseed
3 entries- ʔugʷucid verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ʔugʷus verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ʔugʷusəd verb (to pass on knowledge)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- léieren verb (to pass on knowledge)
Lü
1 entries- ᦉᦸᧃ verb (to pass on knowledge)
Macedonian
1 entries- учи verb (to pass on knowledge)
Malay
1 entries- mengajar verb (to pass on knowledge)
Malayalam
3 entries- അഭ്യസിപ്പിക്കുക verb (to pass on knowledge)
- പഠിപ്പിക്കുക verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ശിക്ഷണം നൽകുക verb (to pass on knowledge)
Maltese
1 entries- għallem verb (to pass on knowledge)
Manx
1 entries- ynsee verb (to pass on knowledge)
Mongo
1 entries- laka verb (to pass on knowledge)
Mongolian
4 entries- заах verb (to pass on knowledge)
- сургах verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ᠰᠤᠷᠭᠠᠬᠤ verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠬᠤ verb (to pass on knowledge)
Nanai
1 entries- алоси verb (to pass on knowledge)
Neapolitan
1 entries- 'mparà verb (to pass on knowledge)
Nepali
1 entries- सिकाउनु verb (to pass on knowledge)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- udjuza verb (to cause to learn or understand)
Norman
2 entries- apprendre verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ensîngni verb (to pass on knowledge)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- fêr kirin verb (to pass on knowledge)
Northern Sami
2 entries- oahpahit verb (to pass on knowledge)
- oahpahit verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Norwegian
2 entries- lære verb (to pass on knowledge)
- undervise verb (to pass on knowledge)
Nǀuu
3 entries- kxʼu ǁxaǁxa verb (to pass on knowledge)
- kxʼuǁxaaǁxaa verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ǁxaǁxa verb (to pass on knowledge)
Occitan
1 entries- ensenhar verb (to pass on knowledge)
Odia
1 entries- ଶିକ୍ଷା ଦେବା verb (to pass on knowledge)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- учити verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ꙋчити verb (to pass on knowledge)
Old English
2 entries- lǣran verb (to pass on knowledge)
- tǣċan verb (to pass on knowledge)
Old Irish
2 entries- do·inchoisc verb (to pass on knowledge)
- for·cain verb (to pass on knowledge)
Old Norse
1 entries- kenna verb (to pass on knowledge)
Oromo
1 entries- barsiisuu verb (to pass on knowledge)
Ossetian
2 entries- амонын verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ахуыр кӕнын verb (to pass on knowledge)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اوكرتمك verb (to pass on knowledge)
- اوكرتمك verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- اوكرتمك verb (to cause to learn or understand)
Persian
3 entries- آموزاندن verb (to pass on knowledge)
- نمایاندن verb (obsolete: to show the way)
- یاد دادن درس دادن verb (to pass on knowledge)
Polish
2 entries- nauczyć verb (to pass on knowledge)
- uczyć verb (to pass on knowledge)
Portuguese
4 entries- dar aula verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- ensinar verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ensinar verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- lecionar verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Quechua
1 entries- yachachiy verb (to pass on knowledge)
Rapa Nui
2 entries- haka'ite verb (to pass on knowledge)
- haka'ite verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Romanian
3 entries- instrui verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- preda verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- învăța verb (to pass on knowledge)
Romansch
3 entries- docir verb (to pass on knowledge)
- instruir verb (to pass on knowledge)
- mussar verb (to pass on knowledge)
Russian
4 entries- научи́ть verb (to pass on knowledge)
- обуча́ть verb (to pass on knowledge)
- обучи́ть verb (to pass on knowledge)
- преподава́ть verb (to pass on knowledge)
Sanskrit
2 entries- उपदिशति verb (to pass on knowledge)
- शास्ति verb (to pass on knowledge)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- foghlaim verb (to pass on knowledge)
- teagaisg verb (to pass on knowledge)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ùčiti verb (to pass on knowledge)
- у̀чити verb (to pass on knowledge)
Sicilian
2 entries- nsignari verb (to pass on knowledge)
- nzignari verb (to pass on knowledge)
Slovak
1 entries- učiť verb (to pass on knowledge)
Slovene
1 entries- učiti verb (to pass on knowledge)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ӱредер verb (to pass on knowledge)
Spanish
1 entries- enseñar verb (to pass on knowledge)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- leri verb (to pass on knowledge)
Swahili
1 entries- kufundisha verb (to pass on knowledge)
Swedish
3 entries- lära verb (to pass on knowledge)
- lära ut verb (to pass on knowledge)
- undervisa verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Sylheti
2 entries- ꠙꠠꠣꠘꠤ verb (to pass on knowledge)
- ꠢꠤꠇꠣꠘꠤ verb (to pass on knowledge)
Tajik
4 entries- омӯзонидан verb (to pass on knowledge)
- омӯхтан verb (to pass on knowledge)
- таълим додан verb (to pass on knowledge)
- фаҳмонидан verb (to cause to learn or understand)
Tamil
4 entries- கற்பி verb (to pass on knowledge)
- கற்றுக்கொடு verb (to pass on knowledge)
- கற்றுத்தா verb (to pass on knowledge)
- சொல்லிக்கொடு verb (to pass on knowledge)
Telugu
2 entries- నేర్పు verb (to pass on knowledge)
- బోధించు verb (to pass on knowledge)
Thai
1 entries- สอน verb (to pass on knowledge)
Tibetan
2 entries- སློབ་ཁྲིད་བྱེད་པ verb (to pass on knowledge)
- སློབ་པ verb (to pass on knowledge)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ākl verb (to pass on knowledge)
Turkish
4 entries- ders vermek verb (to pass on knowledge)
- yol göstermek verb (obsolete: to show the way)
- öğretmek verb (to pass on knowledge)
- öğretmek verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Turkmen
2 entries- okatmak verb (to pass on knowledge)
- öwretmek verb (to pass on knowledge)
Tuvan
2 entries- өөредип каар verb (to pass on knowledge)
- өөредир verb (to pass on knowledge)
Udmurt
1 entries- дышетыны verb (to pass on knowledge)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎍𐎎𐎄 verb (to pass on knowledge)
Ukrainian
4 entries- виклада́ти verb (to pass on knowledge)
- виклада́ти verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- вчи́ти verb (to pass on knowledge)
- навчи́ти verb (to pass on knowledge)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- wučić verb (to pass on knowledge)
- wučić verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Urdu
3 entries- سکھانا verb (to pass on knowledge)
- پڑھانا verb (to pass on knowledge)
- پڑھانا verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئوقۇتماق verb (to pass on knowledge)
Uzbek
4 entries- dars bermoq verb (to pass on knowledge)
- oʻqitmoq verb (to pass on knowledge)
- oʻrgatmoq verb (to pass on knowledge)
- saboq bermoq verb (to pass on knowledge)
Venetan
1 entries- insegnar verb (to pass on knowledge)
Vietnamese
4 entries- dạy verb (to pass on knowledge)
- dạy bảo verb (to pass on knowledge)
- dạy dỗ verb (to pass on knowledge)
- dạy học verb (to pass on knowledge)
Volapük
2 entries- tidön verb (to pass on knowledge)
- tidön verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
Walloon
3 entries- acsegnî verb (to pass on knowledge)
- moenner verb (obsolete: to show the way)
- scoler verb (to pass on knowledge)
Welsh
1 entries- athrawiaethu verb (to pass on knowledge)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 教 verb (to pass on knowledge)
Yakut
1 entries- үөрэт verb (to pass on knowledge)
Yiddish
1 entries- לערנען verb (to pass on knowledge)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- kaʼans verb (to pass on knowledge)
Zazaki
4 entries- cı musnaene verb (to pass on knowledge)
- musnayen verb (to pass on knowledge)
- musnen verb (to pass on one's knowledge as one's profession)
- mısayen verb (to cause to learn or understand)
Zhuang
1 entries- son verb (to pass on knowledge)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Teach me how you do it.
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I'll teach you how to drive a car.
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Didn't they teach you common sense as well as typing at the school where you studied?
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