gymnasium

Noun

Meaning

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gym lyceum lycee secondary school middle school hall coliseum colosseum hippodrome stadium college arena field course circus
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Antonyms

university college inactivity inaction alma mater idleness
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Hypernyms

school athletic facility

Hyponyms

academy high grammar school high school junior high school comprehensive school

Related terms

gymnastics gymno- its derivatives

Derivatives

gymnasiums gymnasia

Examples

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. Swami Vivekananda

Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world. Swami Vivekananda

I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943. Simon van der Meer

I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person. Tim Roth

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium. Mary Kay Blakely

Close letter words and terms

gymnasiarch gymnasiast gymnasic Gymnasium student gymnast gymnastic