study
13
7.3
- noun
- /ˈstʌdi/
- Archaic
- I'm a quick study when it comes to something I care about.
Examples
-
Pray, if it be, give it me, for I am slow of study.
-
David Fine completed his study in under two minutes.
-
What are you, a slow study or what?
-
No more study for these men.
-
So any study on that aspect.
-
How has this study impacted your life?
-
I'm a slow study, professor.
-
Jerry, Jerry, you're a really quick study.
-
I'm a quick study.
-
The actor is a natural study, memorizing his lines effortlessly and performing them flawlessly.
Synonyms
13
7.0
A person who learns new things quickly and easily
10
3.3
A person who learns new things quickly and easily
1
6.3
A person who learns things by repeating them until they can remember them
1
4.6
A person who learns new things quickly
Antonyms
Compounds
38
2.8
A group of people who meet regularly to learn and talk about school or course material
- Specialized
2
4.2
An experiment where neither participants nor researchers know who gets the real treatment or a fake one to avoid bias
2
3.5
A system where students do paid part-time work and study to gain experience
1
5.8
A course where a student does work on their own with a teacher's guidance outside regular classes
- Specialized
1
5.3
A careful measure of how long a task takes to find faster ways to do it
- Specialized
1
5.5
A study that measures how long each part of a job takes to find a faster way
- Specialized
1
6.0
People watch how workers do a job to find the fastest, easiest way to do it
How Quick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Study for a person who learns quickly comes from the same Latin root studēre 'to apply oneself'. A 'quick study' is someone who can pay attention fast and learn new things easily.