Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun studying

1 sense of studying

Sense 1
perusal, perusing, poring over, studying -- (reading carefully with intent to remember)
       => reading -- (the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb study

6 senses of study

Sense 1
analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives")

Sense 2
study -- (be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning)

Sense 3
study, consider -- (give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving")
       => chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate -- (reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate")

Sense 4
learn, study, read, take -- (be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam")

Sense 5
study, hit the books -- (learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now")
       => learn, larn, acquire -- (gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate")

Sense 6
study, meditate, contemplate -- (think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study")
       => think, cogitate, cerebrate -- (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere")