'Scholarship' definitions:
Definition of 'scholarship'
(from WordNet)
noun
Financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
noun
Profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]
Definition of 'Scholarship'
From: GCIDE
- Scholarship \Schol"ar*ship\, n.
- 1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. [1913 Webster]
- A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Literary education. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Any other house of scholarship. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Learning; erudition; knowledge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scholarship'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aid,
- alimony,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- annuity,
- assistance,
- award,
- bibliolatry,
- bibliomania,
- bluestockingism,
- book learning,
- book madness,
- bookiness,
- bookishness,
- booklore,
- bounty,
- bursary,
- classical scholarship,
- classicism,
- culture,
- depletion allowance,
- diligence,
- dole,
- donnishness,
- education,
- endowment,
- eruditeness,
- erudition,
- exhibition,
- fellowship,
- financial assistance,
- grant,
- grant-in-aid,
- guaranteed annual income,
- help,
- humanism,
- humanistic scholarship,
- intellectualism,
- intellectuality,
- know-how,
- knowledge,
- learnedness,
- learning,
- letters,
- literacy,
- lore,
- old-age insurance,
- pecuniary aid,
- pedantism,
- pedantry,
- pension,
- preparation,
- price support,
- public assistance,
- public welfare,
- reading,
- relief,
- retirement benefits,
- scholarliness,
- schooling,
- science,
- stipend,
- studiousness,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subvention,
- support,
- tax benefit,
- training,
- welfare,
- welfare aid,
- welfare payments