Bookish: alternatives and connections

gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

A stand to hold books for reading or reference.

The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, giv…

Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.

To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual cri…

Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as,…

Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.

The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensiv…

To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of te…

Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.

To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.

The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it i…

News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived fr…

gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied…

gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learn…