"school" | Definition and Related Words

school

Noun

An educational institution (synset 108293641)
"the school was founded in 1900"

is a type of: educational institution - an institution dedicated to education
subtypes:
- academy - a school for special training
- correspondence school - a school that teaches nonresident students by mail
- crammer - a special school where students are crammed
- dancing school - a school in which students learn to dance
- direct-grant school - formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities
- driving school - a school where people are taught to drive automobiles
- finishing school - a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities
- flying school - a school for teaching students to fly airplanes
- grad school, graduate school - a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree
- language school - a school for teaching foreign languages
- nursing school, school of nursing - a school for training nurses
- religious school - a school run by a religious body
- riding school - a school where horsemanship is taught and practiced
- gymnasium, lycee, lyceum, middle school, secondary school - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
- secretarial school - a school where secretarial skills (typing and shorthand and filing etc) are taught
- tech, technical school - a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
- training school - a school providing practical vocational and technical training
- veterinary school - a school teaching veterinary medicine
- conservatory - the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
- alma mater - your alma mater is a school you graduated from
- public school - a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board
- private school - a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition
- dance school - a school where students are taught to dance
- day school - a school giving instruction during the daytime
- night school - a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day
- sabbath school, sunday school - school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction
- elementary school, grade school, grammar school, primary school - a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
member holonym:
- faculty, staff - the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- school teacher, schoolteacher - a teacher in a school below the college level
A building where young people receive education (synset 104153115)
"the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"

is a type of: building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
subtypes:
- conservatoire, conservatory - a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts
- day school - a school building without boarding facilities
has: classroom, schoolroom - a room in a school where lessons take place

is a part of: school system - establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school

same as: schoolhouse
The process of being formally educated at a school (synset 105765533)
"what will you do when you finish school?"

is a type of: education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge

same as: schooling
A body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers (synset 108292106)
"the Venetian school of painting"

is a type of: body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
subtypes:
- ashcan school, eight - a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
- deconstructivism - a school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstruction
- historical school - a school of 19th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical terms
- pointillism - a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France
- art nouveau - a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowers
- lake poets - English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it
- secession, sezession - an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
The period of instruction in a school;
The time period when school is in session (synset 115228025)
"stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together"

is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time

has: study hall - a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study

same as: school day, schooltime
An educational institution's faculty and students (synset 108294314)
"the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"

is a type of: educational institution - an institution dedicated to education
A large group of fish (synset 108011895)
"a school of small glittering fish swam by"

is a type of: animal group - a group of animals

member holonym: fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

same as: shoal

Verb

Educate in or as if in a school (synset 202393052)
"The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"

is a type of: educate - give an education to

subtypes: home-school - educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school
Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment (synset 202393545)
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

is a type of: down, fine-tune, polish, refine - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

subtypes: sophisticate - make less natural or innocent

same as: civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, train
Swim in or form a large group of fish (synset 201965341)
"A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"

is a type of: swim - travel through water

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