COLLEGE Synonyms

• one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

• the body of teachers and administrators at a school

• an educational institution

• a building where young people receive education

• the process of being formally educated at a school

• a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers

• the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session

• an educational institution's faculty and students

• a large group of fish

• educate in or as if in a school

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• swim in or form a large group of fish

• a secondary school (usually private)

• an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

• a school for special training

• a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge

• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• the middle of a military or naval formation

• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• politically moderate persons; centrists

• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play

• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

• equally distant from the extremes

• center upon

• direct one's attention on something

• move into the center

• the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts

• a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts

• a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner

• an association organized to promote art or science or education

• set up or lay the groundwork for

• advance or set forth in court

• an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

• an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

• a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

• a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences

• a private place of education for the young

• a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis

• the body of faculty and students at a university

• establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching

• a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees