educational institution - an institution dedicated to education

academy - a school for special training

correspondence school - a school that teaches nonresident students by mail

crammer - a special school where students are crammed

dancing school - a school in which students learn to dance

direct-grant school - formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities

driving school - a school where people are taught to drive automobiles

finishing school - a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities

flying school - a school for teaching students to fly airplanes

grad school, graduate school - a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree

language school - a school for teaching foreign languages

nursing school, school of nursing - a school for training nurses

religious school - a school run by a religious body

riding school - a school where horsemanship is taught and practiced

Gymnasium, lycee, lyceum, middle school, secondary school - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

secretarial school - a school where secretarial skills (typing and shorthand and filing etc) are taught

tech, technical school - a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences

training school - a school providing practical vocational and technical training

veterinary school - a school teaching veterinary medicine

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

faculty, staff - the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

alma mater - your alma mater is a school you graduated from

public school - a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board

private school - a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition

dance school - a school where students are taught to dance

day school - a school giving instruction during the daytime

night school - a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day

Sabbath school, Sunday school - school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction

elementary school, grade school, primary school, grammar school - a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades

school teacher, schoolteacher - a teacher in a school below the college level

building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

classroom, schoolroom - a room in a school where lessons take place

conservatoire, conservatory - a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts

day school - a school building without boarding facilities

school system - establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school

education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"

educational institution - an institution dedicated to education

period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

study hall - a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study

body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"

Ashcan School, Eight - a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

deconstructivism - a school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstruction

historical school - a school of 19th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical terms

pointillism - a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France

art nouveau - a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowers

lake poets - English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it

secession, sezession - an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the livingroom there was a tank of colorful fish"

animal group - a group of animals

educate - give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"

home-school - educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school; "The parents are home-schooling their daughter"

fine-tune, refine, polish, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"

sophisticate - make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"

swim - travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"