educates

Schools in subjects

Educates is the third-person singular of educate, meaning to teach or develop someone's knowledge and abilities.

A school educates students; parents educate children about values.

The word implies systematic instruction rather than casual learning: The program educates young people about financial literacy.

To be educated is to have received substantial formal learning.

teaches

instructor

One who teaches skills

tutor · mentor · coach · professor · classroom · syllabus · homework · lecture · seminar · workshop

informs

awareness

State of perceiving reality

understanding · briefing · update · notification · announcement · communication · clarification · explanation · disclosure · bulletin

Categories
Opposites
knowledge transmission

educatesmisinforms

Gives incorrect information

deceives · misleads · indoctrinates · disinforms · brainwashes

intellectual development

educatesstupefies

Overwhelms with astonishment

stultifies · dumbs down · dulls · neglects · degrades

enlightenment vs. obscurantism

educatesobscures

Makes difficult to perceive

mystifies · darkens · blinds · clouds · censors

Phrases
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education, educate, educated, educator, educational, educating, educators, educative, educationist

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