Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for lesson

Synonyms for lesson

Grammar : Noun
Spell : les-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛs ən

Top 10 synonyms for lesson
Other synonyms for the word lesson

Définition of lesson

Origin :
  • early 13c., "a reading aloud from the Bible," also "something to be learned by a student," from Old French leçon, from Latin lectionem (nominative lectio) "a reading," noun of action from past participle stem of legere "to read" (see lecture (n.)). Transferred sense of "an occurrence from which something can be learned" is from 1580s.
  • noun information taught
  • noun helpful example, communication
Example sentences :
  • You'd better not tell him so, or he might give you a lesson in politeness.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The healthy and the young might read a lesson on her blanched and wrinkled cheek.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • He had learned his lesson of experience, and profited thereby.
  • Extract from : « A Night Out » by Edward Peple
  • And after the lesson he had given them but the night before!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The use of a Scripture lesson is, of course, optional with the pastor.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • If no one was there, he had a lesson to impart, based on the silence and the darkness.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • If you have, then you know the nature of my first lesson in four-in-hand driving.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • What a lesson to young ladies in the choice of female friends!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Let pious women, especially, take a lesson from this incident.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • What a lesson of gratitude is taught in every scene and circumstance!
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

Antonyms for lesson

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019