Synonyms of studies

studies 1 of 2

noun

plural of study

1

as in investigations

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something

conducted a study to determine the sleep needs of adolescents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• investigations
• examinations
• inquiries
• explorations
• researches
• probes
• probings
• inspections
• surveys
• disquisitions
• inquisitions
• inquests
• probations
• questionnaires
• examens
• audits
• diagnoses
• hearings
• quests
• interrogations
• trials
• questions
• checkups
• polls
• challenges
• queries
• reinvestigations
• questionaries
• checks
• rehearings
• quizzes
• cross-examinations
• feelers
• soul-searchings
• self-reflections
• goings-over
• self-examinations
• self-questionings
• self-explorations
• self-scrutinies

2

as in trances

the state of being lost in thought

found her staring at the fire in a deep study

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trances
• reveries
• daydreams
• contemplations
• meditations
• dreams
• visions
• woolgatherings
• musings
• absorptions
• preoccupations
• abstractions
• fantasies
• chimeras
• pipe dreams
• illusions
• unrealities
• hallucinations
• delusions
• conceits
• figments
• phantasms
• fancies

3

as in considerations

a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something

the idea is under study by the city council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• considerations
• deliberations
• debates
• accounts
• thoughts
• reflections
• advisements
• contemplations
• meditations
• ruminations
• cogitations
• introspections
• hesitations
• indecisions
• premeditations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• short shrifts

studies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of study

1

as in researches

to use the mind to acquire knowledge

you'll have to study hard and learn all about the Revolutionary War in order to pass the history test

Synonyms & Similar Words

• researches
• bones (up)
• goes over
• reads
• analyzes
• learns
• goes through
• memorizes
• finds out
• swots
• deduces
• knows
• understands
• grinds
• cons
• restudies
• digests
• crams
• comprehends
• apprehends
• grasps
• absorbs

2

as in learns

to commit to memory

having carefully studied the document, he could repeat what it said exactly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• learns
• memorizes
• knows
• recalls
• remembers
• cons
• understands
• thinks (of)
• retains
• grasps
• minds
• accepts
• gets
• harks back (to)
• recollects
• comprehends
• digests
• relives
• reminisces (about)
• absorbs
• apprehends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forgets
• unlearns
• ignores
• passes over
• neglects
• disregards
• disremembers
• overlooks
• misremembers
• slights
• slurs (over)
• overpasses

3

as in debates

to give serious and careful thought to

scientists who study the origin of the universe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• debates
• contemplates
• questions
• ponders
• considers
• eyes
• entertains
• reviews
• analyzes
• explores
• weighs
• wrestles (with)
• thinks (about or over)
• looks at
• mulls (over)
• ruminates
• deliberates
• meditates
• chews on
• pores (over)
• cogitates
• revolves
• perpends
• chews over
• reasons
• reflects (on or upon)
• kicks around
• turns
• cudgels one's brains (about)
• digests
• beats one's brains out (about)
• muses (upon)
• reminisces
• concludes
• believes
• dwells (on or upon)
• speculates (about)
• fixates (on or upon)
• obsesses (about or over)
• broods (about or over)
• frets (about or over)
• opines
• drinks (in)
• second-guesses
• conceives
• assimilates
• absorbs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• disregards
• overlooks
• rejects
• dismisses
• slights
• pooh-poohs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of studies

Noun

The trial began in July and is one of several studies launched to find some protection and another way of at least slowing the outbreak. — Constant Same Bagalwa, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

However, as some researchers have pointed out, the available studies didn’t assess whether emotions are actually regulated through the chatbot, and therefore conflate distress relief with attachment. — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026

Over time, large-scale replication and extension studies of the marshmallow test with more diverse socioeconomic and racial samples found more nuanced findings. — Joan M. Cook, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

Many of these culture-creating behaviors have been observed in 2026 Anthropic studies of multi-agent systems this year that encouraged complex collaboration. — Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Much of the current research still comes from animal studies, according to the review, and long-term randomized clinical trials are still lacking. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Or that to take a photo at the top of your hike is the same as remembering it later (recent studies have proven otherwise). — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Americans are more likely to have placed a bet than to have read a book in the past year, studies have shown. — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

The dinner table was covered in paint and paper, and Beug sat down and made some quick brush studies before starting to bake. — Lena Beug, The New York Review of Books, 26 Sep. 2026

Verb

Ladish helped build Anthropic's security team from September 2021 to October 2022 before leaving to found Palisade Research, which studies whether humans can remain in control of increasingly capable AI systems. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

The scale of an investment such as this one is asymmetrical with the legal and administrative capacity of a small, rural community, said Anthony Pipa, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who studies development and policy in rural areas. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Amir Ullah Khan, a development economist who studies education and employment in India, says that when education repeatedly fails to deliver the opportunities families expect, young people can begin to scale back their ambitions. — Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026

Joining them are Hideki, Hiroto’s closest friend; Akari, who studies alongside Natsumi at university; and Yomogi, a real estate agent from the neighborhood. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Rebecca Tushnet, a Harvard Law professor who studies trademark law, isn’t convinced. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026

Academics in Italy think of him as the father of Italian semiotics, the academic field that studies the relationship between signs and meaning making. — Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026

That’s the assessment of Matthew Dallek, a political historian at George Washington University who studies Republican and Homeland Security politics. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Katie Garfield, who studies social determinants of health at Harvard Law School's Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, said the lack of federal guidance is stirring uncertainty for states that want to pursue nutrition programs in Medicaid. — Priyanka D McCluskey, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026