EDUCATES Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

educates

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present tense third-person singular of educate

as in teaches

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers

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as in inspires

to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school

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Recent Examples of educates SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe. —

Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026 The seat belonging to David Ko sat empty once again during the March 10 school board meeting of Niles Township High School District 219, which educates students in Skokie, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove and Niles. —

Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026

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Physician David Agus, who teaches at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, held his ghostwriter responsible for the many instances of plagiarism that were identified in his popular science books.

— Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
There is a synergy, too, between Nabeel and the students Razak teaches.

— Danny Hajjar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026