scholarship

Plural: scholarships

Noun

• financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
• profound scholarly knowledge
• A grant-in-aid to a student.
• The character or qualities of a scholar.
• The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
• The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.
• The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.

Verb

• To attend an institution on a scholarship.
• To grant a scholarship to.

Synonyms

encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, allowance, bursary, grant, scholarly method, stipend, subsidy

Related Words

researchship, scholar, scholarism, scholarly, scholastic, scholasticate, scholasticism, school